Mr. Speaker, I guess I would say two things.
First, if the government had not prorogued Parliament, we would have had a whole summer to have more of these discussions.
Second, much more discussion needs to happen. I will tell colleagues exactly why.
This past Friday, I spoke to two doctors via Zoom. They are the ones who specifically told me four points: They are considering leaving the profession. We cannot afford to lose any more physicians. They were taught to save lives, not to take them away. What a powerful statement. The doctors told me that 800 physicians have signed a new letter denouncing them from being forced to refer a patient to another doctor to get MAID, and that more would sign that letter, but they were afraid that the hospitals would blackball them and they were in fear of losing hospital privileges.
Much more discussion has to happen over this and it will definitely be going to committee. I look forward to it.