Medical Assistance in Dying committee  We did. That's why the opposition is denying access for these people. That's what I understand. Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Since I have limited time, I'll ask my questions to Mike and Jennifer Schouten, whom I thank very much for being present with us today. I offer my deepest condolences. If I understand well from the letter you sent to us in April and from the other letters

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It was July, so he was close to being 18. He was already 18 years and seven months, so he had been eligible for MAID for about seven months before he decided to stop the treatment. Despite his admissibility for MAID, he never asked for it, and it was never part of your discussion

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you to the witnesses for their appearances today. It's not the first time that I've heard from some of them. Their positions are very clear. I understand their desire to prevent any deterioration in the situations of disabled people, in that we need more support and we nee

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Is it fair to say that you don't have numbers except in stories in the papers of some people, and some we've met with previously, where there is more nuance than what we read in the papers?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I assume you also surveyed the results of Belgium and the Netherlands.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You saw that en masse, disabled people are asking for MAID.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's your affirmation.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. My question is for Dr. Ethans. You were cited in a National Post article that was published earlier this year as saying that patients with spinal cord injuries are being counselled to die, but that they don't know what their qu

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  But you were referring to colleagues who will be referring to these people that they should consider dying, but these doctors are not assessors. They're not involved in the assessment if the person decides to apply for MAID, are they?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Are you familiar with the—

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  You're referring to some colleagues who practice in the same hospitals as you, for example.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  If they counsel a patient to die, what does it mean—that the advice to the patient is to apply for MAID?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you. I think this is very important. I think you also said that MAID was a death serum. In such a case, it's not an issue of MAID; it's about the relationship between the patient in the intensive care unit and the doctors. Thank you.