Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's right. What our panel membership came to ground on was the idea that this could happen at a regional level. You're absolutely right that this isn't something for individual indigenous communities to organize, lead and finance themselves. It's something that needs to be do

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes. I believe that Crown-Indigenous Relations has a framework for consultation and engagement. I believe that exists at the federal government level. At the provincial level, it was our hope that the regulators would take a leadership role in engaging with indigenous communitie

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Mr. Chair, you'll be very happy. My answer is very short. Yes, that is exactly what we're trying to say. Like in all aspects of clinical practice, if you have doubt about the indication of what you're about to do, you do not go forward.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes. We're not going to remove all uncertainty. Medicine is largely a probabilistic discipline, and we're always making decisions under conditions of uncertainty. There will always be some uncertainty. The question is, how much is too much? The line shifts with respect to that

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, absolutely.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'll say, slightly tongue-in-cheek, that compared to the time frame of C-14 and C-7, this is loads of time, whereas those changes happened very quickly. I want to come back to my opening remark, which is that we're already doing it. We're already evaluating requesters who have h

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Mr. Chair, I can't hear the senator.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Can I just clarify? Do you mean with respect to MAID for mental disorders?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  With respect to the question of threat, I don't know. I don't know what's going to happen. I can't promise you that there isn't going to be some impact on some of the other groups because that remains to be seen. That is not what we have learned from the countries that permit thi

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'm delighted that you read that because, yes, it is exactly what we were aiming for. The folks that you heard from were all clinicians, all colleagues, and we share those concerns. None of us wants to see a situation.... No clinician takes pleasure in the idea that a patient wou

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It's highly variable. It's going to depend on the condition and the treatment options available and so on. Generally speaking in psychiatry, for mental disorders, whether there's a comorbid physical condition or not is almost irrelevant really, but there are treatments that requi

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I understand. As a federal legislator, you're in a difficult position as a result of the Quebec decision. I wish you well. A lot of study and thought had already gone into this. Our report addresses what appears to be contradictions by offering definitions and ways to unravel s

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I would like to add that the professional orders in Quebec are all in favour of this expansion. So I was a little surprised by Quebec's decision, but I understand that because of the differences, the legislators didn't have much choice.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you so much. My answer is actually not that long or complicated. The question she asked was what my final reflection was after having done all of this work. I recognize that it's difficult and that these issues are complicated, so we sort of have two choices. One is to

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.