Mr. Speaker, in this debate, we hear that the safeguards we currently have are already not working. We know that quality palliative care is a necessary solution and we all see a lack of access, even a revocation of palliative care in my province.
The third thing is, unfortunately, the inability to ensure conscience rights protection. In my province of B.C., the former program director of palliative care had to resign when Fraser Health Authority imposed MAID in hospices. He believes that palliative care does not include euthanasia since palliative care, by definition, neither hastens nor postpones death.
Why is the government not working harder to ensure proper protection for patients and health care professionals?