Mr. Speaker, this bill goes well beyond the scope of Truchon and in so doing, it removes a number of safeguards, including safeguards in which there was a fair bit of consensus some four years ago. I say that having served as the vice-chair of the Special Committee Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying.
One of those safeguards is the requirement that there be two witnesses. That was not controversial four years ago and yet, in this bill, it is removed. In that regard, it provides a lesser safeguard for medical assistance in dying than validating that of a will, which requires two witnesses. Can my colleague explain the removal of the safeguard?