Mr. Speaker, repeatedly throughout the day today, and even last night in the vote, we saw a reticence on the part of primarily the Liberal Party to accept the recommendation and the amendment that would guarantee conscience rights for medical professionals and institutions. Repeatedly they have indicated that we can count on provincial regulatory bodies, which will care for this and conscience protection will be guaranteed. However, as we have seen, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and Saskatchewan have both indicated that there is an expectation on the part of their medical professionals to at least refer for the practice of physician-assisted suicide.
Would my colleague on the other side not agree that at the very least, if we are to have a bill that goes down the path of allowing physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia, we should guarantee in law, in the bill, that physicians and health care institutions will not be obligated to act against their moral conscience?