Madam Speaker, my question for my friend from Glengarry—Prescott—Russell is with respect to advance consent. The legislation provides for advance consent in certain circumstances in which a patient might lose their capacity.
When we studied the issue of advance consent under Bill C-14, the Canadian Medical Association noted that it was an extremely complex area. The expert panel's final report from the Council of Canadian Academies noted that there are significant knowledge gaps and a lack of consensus with respect to administering euthanasia, or medical assistance in dying, when a patient has lost capacity.
Why would the government include that in this bill, rather than allow a more thorough legislative review to take place, which it has pre-empted?