Madam Speaker, I have one point of clarification and then one question for the hon. member.
I thank her for her comments today. The point of clarification is that the contribution, actually two budgets ago by the government, to palliative care and long-term care was $6 billion, not $3 billion.
I have a question. There are safeguards. The member opposite mentioned a catastrophic event or a diagnosis that could be shocking to an individual. That is exactly what we have contemplated by creating a second track for people whose death is not imminent and people whose death is not reasonably foreseeable.
The legislation entrenches a 90-day assessment period, a period of time when the person must be informed of counselling, mental health supports, disability supports, community services and palliative care, and then an acknowledgement from the medical practitioner that the person has appropriately considered those options.
Is that the exact type of response that the member opposite feels is required to ensure people are not making this decision, which is a permanent decision, with undue haste?