Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his service both in this place and before.
By way of response to the point made by the parliamentary secretary, it is important to underline, first of all, that it is the people living with disabilities who have encountered the health care system, as well as medical professionals, who testified at committee about the importance of the safeguards that are in place right now. They did so recognizing that in the vast majority of cases, the system tries to do its best to treat people with respect, affirm their dignity and ensure the decisions they are making are considered in an appropriate time frame.
That is what we would like to believe happens in the majority of cases, but we know directly from the testimony that it does not happen in every case. That is why we have safeguards. Safeguards are there to respond to the general case. They are there to respond to those cases of potential abuse, those cases that are outside of what we would expect to be normal good practice, because as the legislation is written, there is the possibility of same-day death. There is the possibility of people being rushed, and that is what witnesses said happens. That is why they said we need the safeguards.