Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I am not arguing that.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  If I were to have to decide whether or not I should access MAID right now, you're asking me whether or not I would be capable of doing that.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  No, I don't believe so.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I think parental consent is also extremely tricky. In my field of work, I have seen multiple parents of young children with chronic disabilities who have coerced or forced them to undergo treatments they did not want to undergo. I worry that this could be similar when it comes to

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I also don't believe that past bills moved slowly enough. I don't think enough people were consulted. I think that's a great point you're bringing up. It can't be right, at 18, that you are able to evaluate whether or not you want to die. I think there needs to be more of an eva

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Could I ask what your specific question is again?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Again, as I mentioned earlier, I do believe in the right to choose. What I want to come back to is that we're talking a lot about individual rights, which are important, but I'm coming from a perspective that we need to also be censoring collective responsibility, right? We nee

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I don't think I would be able to decide that. I don't think it's appropriate for me to say.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I don't know.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, so what I'm saying is that I believe, I understand, that those cases were not medical assistance in dying, but we know that medical racism exists, and we know that medical ableism exists. There is no way to guarantee that these medical professionals—right?—would not engage i

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I don't know particularly, but I would assume around terminal illness, chronic illness....

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I don't know particularly, but I'm wondering if it's around maybe chronic illness or terminal illness.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  No, I don't know.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes.