Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You contacted the RCMP, according to the CTV report, three years ago, and so far, they have not.... Are they telling that you the file is closed or...?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You don't care that, in a sense, you discard the best interests of the child?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is for Dr. Montes. Maybe it's a variation on the same theme that I'm following up on Senator Kutcher's questions. I understand that you feel concerns about access to MAID by those who are under 18 and maybe even at a higher age. Would you feel less concerned if access was limited to the first track, which is for those whose death is imminent?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, I understand. I'm sorry to interrupt, but the time is limited. The harm reduction principles for a group are fine, but that individual here is suffering irremediably and is near death, so it's no longer a harm reduction principle. It's a matter of whether we should respect the desire to put an end to the unbearable suffering.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I would maybe ask Professor MacIntosh just to complete this for a few seconds.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have two questions I'm going to ask right off the bat. Here's my first question… Would the access to MAID for mature minors that you're proposing apply both when death is foreseeable and when it isn't? Access to MAID when death isn't foreseeable was added to Bill C‑7.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Would that be true for both tracks, namely, that which is foreseeable and that which is not foreseeable?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will ask Ms. Mehdi a question, if she wants to answer. I'm not sure I understand your position. Are you opposed to anybody who is 18 and below having access to MAID? You say that even in the mid-20s the brain is not yet properly formed, but you accept that 18 is okay even if the brain is not properly formed...?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You're right that the choice has to be an informed consent, and it has to come from the patient, not from the doctors. It has to be based on the situation as assessed by the person first, and then assessed by two independent persons, and maybe even more people. You said that it's difficult to put a line somewhere.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You have a case of somebody who is 17 years old, who has terminal cancer with no chance of being cured, but having six months to live. That person is asking to put an end to the suffering and to receive MAID. Would you deny that in such a case? Or, according to you, it should be based on that person's request and an assessment of his or her situation, and then in such a case, even if the person is 17 years old, he or she should be provided MAID.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  The question is simple. For somebody who has cancer, is in the terminal stage, has maybe a maximum of six months and is in terrible suffering, can that person have access, according to you, to MAID?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  So you would refuse the medical aid if the person was asking for it?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.