Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses for helping us in these challenging deliberations. My questions are for Dr. Kelleher. There will be three or four of them, but they require only very short answers. You're here as a person with expert opinions about MA

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's great. That's fine. The other question is, how many MAID assessments have you participated in or seen or viewed or sat in on in Canada?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's okay. I know where you work. Thanks.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Okay. Do you know the protocol used for MAID in Canada, and specifically what medication they use, what doses, in what sequence and what the route of administration is?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Can you tell me, then, what the doses are and what medications are used, and in what sequence?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Do you know of any Canadian data on the process of MAID provision and what happens to a person in the process of receiving MAID? Are you familiar with that data?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Given all those things, in your—

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  —report you state: techniques used to bring about death can themselves [result] in considerable and protracted suffering.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  In your report, you write: techniques used to bring about death can themselves [result] in considerable and protracted suffering. Can you tell us on what information, in the Canadian context, you are basing the statement that someone who is receiving MAID will actually, becau

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  The quote is from this document that was provided to us.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  We all have a copy of this. It's a position paper on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia from the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. It says, “Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist Dr Eric Kelleher...Speaking today, he said...”

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much for that clarification. The importance is the case-by-case assessment, from what I understand of what you said. Dr. Trew, I wonder if you could clarify this for me. I'm a bit confused. We heard that the Canadian perspective on decisions on irremediability is

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you to all our witnesses for helping us with this study. It's very much appreciated. My first question is for Mr. Rahim. Thank you for your thoughtful presentation. Also, I appreciated your sharing with us that you are an individual who suffers from

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here. My first question is for Ms. Provencher. Do you think that denying access to a MAID assessment for a competent person with a mental health condition who meets all other criteria for that assessment coul