Mr. Speaker, there have been various court decisions dealing with this broader topic, but I am not aware of court decisions dealing specifically with the issue of advanced consent.
Clearly the case of Ms. Audrey Parker should evoke a thoughtful response from us. I am not aware of all the medical details of the case. Many people have opinions about the case who also may not be aware of all the details, or the context or the information she received. Therefore, I do not feel comfortable giving an answer in the House of Commons about what should or should not happen in a particular individual's case.
We can, as members of Parliament, try to work together to find consensus, or to have our cake and eat it too, to use the expression. If it is the will of the majority, we can have some mechanism of advanced consent, but still require contemporaneous consent at the point at which somebody's life will be taken. That is very important. We would not want a situation where some people have their lives taken while they are unaware they are being taken or do not want it to happen.
I will just tease the member a little by pointing out that there was a court of appeal decision in Alberta opposing the carbon tax, and I hope she shares my enthusiasm for court decisions in that case as well. Some dialogue with the courts is maybe reasonable.