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. 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 ask my questions, I wonder, Mr. Chair, if you could request some information from Mr. Bach: a written note to this committee providing the data that documented the evidence to support the statement he made that stigma is driving advance

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. I have two questions for Ms. Chalifoux. The first one is this: Do you think the fact that concerns have been raised about how advance requests are managed in some countries is a valid reason for advance requests to be prohibited in Canada, or do

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Before I start my three minutes, I would ask that Dr. Ferrier provide us with evidence to support the statement about elder abuse through the forgery of advance directives. We'd like to see the research for that, please. These questions are for

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, I have. Thank you very much.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Chair. I'm going to share with you a case that I know. I'd like to hear from Dr. Boisvert and Dr. Thorpe on this. Here's a person with stage 7 dementia. They are unable to self-toilet. They smear their feces on the wall or eat them. They do not recognize th

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Please give a very short answer to my first question, Dr. Mishara. In your testimony you talked about MAID assessments. Have you ever conducted a MAID assessment?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you very much. That's fine, Dr. Mishara. We're talking about MAID, sir. Mr. Chair, could you ask Dr. Mishara to provide to this committee in writing, in a timely manner, the evidence for a couple of the assertions he made? He was talking about conducting MAID assessments,

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you so much. For Dr. Smith, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has standards for psychiatric competencies, and in those competencies they expect a psychiatrist to be able to conduct capacity assessments, competency assessments and cognitive performance