Mr. Speaker, the ignorance of the member for St. Catharines of the policy of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in his own province is quite striking.
The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons has a policy that requires physicians to provide effective referral and in emergency situations, to provide services that are the standard of the care, even if they go against their conscience. That is a fact. It is an existing college policy.
The member claims to be unaware of the predicament his constituents are in. The fact of this is that when we debated medical assistance in dying last time, we spoke about the case of Dr. Nancy Naylor, who was a palliative care physician in Ontario. She said that because of the pre-existing policy, she was being forced to close her practice earlier.
The striking ignorance of the member for St. Catharines on these facts from his own province about the attack on conscience in the country is incredible. I would love to hear my colleague's comments on that.