Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'm out of time here, but I take it you are opposed to MAID period, not just for youth or for those with mental illness.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much. Dr. Ehmann, you have said that refusing life-saving treatment is fundamentally different from MAID, but both are designed to alleviate pain and hasten death, so the end result is the same. Why do you make the distinction?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's what I'm asking about, because it seems to be about the position of the physician, not about the actual patient.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Do you think the doctor's views are actually more important than the patient's views? I guess that's what I'm asking.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Do we have this? I don't know if Cheryl Milne or Randi, if I could just call you that.... I think you mentioned this, Dr. Davies, as well. This data, does this information exist at children's hospitals? Obviously, care teams have spoken to children, to families and to legal advisers.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much. I just want to say thank you. I'm not sure who said it, but I think the most powerful statement today is that delay is not a neutral decision. That applies to the entire discussion we've been having, for years now, in this country. What I hear in this conversation is that we're trying to deal with our own concerns.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much. I just want to comment on what Mr. Beaudry said about how advance requests that we might make at 60 would maybe make no sense to us at 75 or 80. I just have to say that we do this all the time within the law, legally, in this country. We write wills. We leave them with lawyers.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes. I realize that's an issue for everyone.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Go ahead.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you. My first question is for Dr. Chung. Did I hear you correctly when you were saying that you have no experience with doing MAID assessments, that really your comments here are about your—

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You've never been involved in a MAID assessment. Okay. Thank you very much. I'll then go to Dr. Poirier. I want to come back to this question of.... We heard from a witness recently, and this is something from personal experience as well, that we can discuss this concept of “happy” dementia.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Let's have a quick word from Dr. Pringle.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much. I have a brief question for Sandra. Again, thank you for your comments here tonight. I just want to ask whether you have created a list of symptoms that would be unacceptable to you. Have you discussed that with family and caregivers, and are they in agreement?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'm going to— I'm sorry. Go ahead.