Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Are you properly trained to make a capacity assessment of a person's ability to provide informed consent about acceptance of treatment and withdrawal of treatment?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Therefore, you are capable and competent enough to make a capacity assessment on someone who makes a request for MAID.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  The Royal College and the College of Family Physicians are now in the process of certifying such a program. The last part of my question is for Dr. L'Espérance. It's always nice to meet a neurosurgeon, particularly at this distance.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'd just like your comment on a comment we heard earlier: When a person feels they are a burden on the family, their “autonomy is gone”. Would you agree that because you feel a burden to your family, you lose your autonomy as a human being?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I think I'm out of time, Chair.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Yes, that's the case. What I wrote down was that “advance requests are often made without full informed consent”. Perhaps when we get the transcript, I can ensure the clarity of what I have said so I didn't get it wrong. When a witness makes a com

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Before I start my three minutes, I'm asking you if you would mind asking one of the witnesses for more information. There was a statement made by Dr. Cohen-Almagor that advance requests are often made without fully informed consent. I would like y

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My questions are for Dr. Buchman. We know that palliative care is inadequately funded and that there are substantial challenges to accessing public palliative care. We also know that access to MAID can be similarly problematic. Both areas are un

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have two questions for Dr. Downar. I will say them quickly and leave you to answer them. The first is that every part of medicine—being a physician myself—has a balance between specialty and primary care. That's why we have primary, secondary and terti

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. First of all, I'd like to thank you for raising the potential for an interim report, or not a complete report. It's something we can think about as we go forward. I think this is such an important topic that to be rushing it would not be fair to t

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Right. This sounds to me like it's fairly factual. One could get data province by province and by territory and look at the budget lines and what happened and see how many people have received palliative care over that time, etc. That should be possible.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  We're all entitled to our opinions, but facts are a different issue.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have three questions—and they should be short—for Ms. Gwartz. I'm hoping you can help us learn more about a MAID assessment through these questions and how data is collected. Let's say that as a MAID provider. If you're seeing a cancer patient and you're

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It's fair to say that your assessment is thorough. It's not just a fly-by-night thing. You take a lot of time and sort things out very carefully.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  These things are not done lightly.