Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Yes, you've noticed that the Supreme Court of Canada talked about “physician-assisted death”, and in French we sometimes say “aide médicale à mourir”, which is of course larger, but the Supreme Court really talks about physicians. Although the Supreme Court says that medical pe

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I think the Constitution in general gives this Parliament such jurisdiction or such an authority. Again, the Supreme Court said that health is a shared jurisdiction and did not give any description or definition of what would be the respective jurisdictions of the provinces and o

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Exactly.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  You're right. I wouldn't see the federal intervention to be on just some aspects of the question. That would be unjust, in my view. If there has to be an intervention, it should be on all aspects, including first assuring that there is access all over Canada. My second point is

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Yes, under the reservation that the Quebec act does not go as far as the Carter decision itself.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  That's right. That's a big problem.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  The fact that it does not fit the Carter decision absolutely well is a big problem in this case. I would like to see what Quebec did fully respected. To be frank, I would prefer co-operation and collaboration among the governments. If there is one issue, Mr. Chair, where such c