Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It is, I think, never a decision of a substitute decision-maker. There is no room for substitute decision-making in this context. It is the individual who was saying what is to be done to them at a point at which they have lost decision-making capacity, and the clinician assesses

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  From a public policy perspective, I'm not advocating for that right now. I wouldn't be arguing against it and I wouldn't want to try to defend not having a broader approach in court. You heard the arguments around that. However, I think that they are different, and one of the pri

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you and good evening. Thank you for the invitation to appear before you. My name, as you've heard, is Jocelyn Downie, and I'm a university research professor in the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University. I have provided written submissions, including re