Health committee  Thank you for your question. I think, as I mentioned before, that the power that is conferred to the minister under subsection 56.1(1) is a broad power, and she's required to make her decision in light of the medical purpose. If there is a medical purpose, she has the power to u

Health committee  Thank you for your—

Health committee  Thank you for your question. It's an interesting and important question. The discretionary power that is currently found in section 56.1 is a broad discretionary power, and that power must be understood as being used by the minister in a way that is aiming at striking a balance

Health committee  What is important to understand is that each site will be unique and will have its own reality. The minister has the duty to evaluate all the applications on a case-by-case basis. There's no one answer to that. It will be a case-by-case evaluation.

Health committee  The answer is that they exist within a health facility that exists within a provincial structure. Therefore—

Health committee  For me to answer that question would not be proper. That said, I think it's useful to go back to the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. In that decision the court was explicit in what the court understood as being a “strictly regulated structure”. If you allow me, I will