Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her very moving speech on this issue.
In paragraphs 13 and 14 of the Carter decision, the Supreme Court of Canada referred to the cruel choice faced by patients with degenerative disease. Under the government's current bill, those patients cannot provide advance directives. They have to choose between taking their lives prematurely or suffering for the rest of their lives because they cannot satisfy the conditions under which they could have access to medical assistance in dying.
Why did the government reject this recommendation? Does the hon. member think that this could be amended at committee stage?