Justice committee  I would suggest that it's a bit like the imminence of death. It can be very difficult to assess the imminence of loss of capacity. It can be quite immediate in end-of-life situations.

Justice committee  If I could ask the honourable member for clarity, in terms of the dementia, do you mean those with established dementia—

Justice committee  —and they have something in an advance directive? Because I understand that the proposed act does not deal with.... Or, are you suggesting it's those who develop dementia in the 15-day period?

Justice committee  As I understand it, those who already have dementia would not meet the Carter decision.

Justice committee  Scrupulous monitoring of death means not accepting at face value what some people say is the cause and manner of death. Scrupulous monitoring entails expert analysis of the evidence and the conduct of those investigations necessary to determine the answers to five questions. Firs