Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It's a very quick one. I promise.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you. It's about regulations.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I wanted to respond to something Mr. Hawkswell said previously. I'm sorry; I don't know if this is a good time for that.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I have heard these claims too, but I don't think there's really any basis for them. I think in most cases in many parts of the country, palliative care funding is increasing, and increasing quite substantially. My own division in Ottawa has roughly doubled in size, including a la

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Is that why you get all the questions—because your sister is a senator?

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you for your question. We know that individuals who have received palliative home care and patients who receive MAiD are the same people. If a study were conducted with these groups, it would clearly demonstrate that these are the same people. So it's hard to say whether i

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'm not going to lie to you. We don't really have any data on the subject. However, we do know that the fact that people live in an urban or rural community has no incidence on the rate of MAiD requests. The rate doesn't change. A number of studies have shown that we have no reas

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  If I may, I would like to add some quick comments on the situation outside of Quebec. There are problems everywhere in Canada, but we have a few ways of filling the gaps in the system. Here in Ontario, there are many teams and various models to support patients at home. You aske

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I really appreciate the opportunity to speak before you again, and I want to thank Dr. Dechêne for her comments, which were largely focused on home care. I will try to keep my comments focused on the hospital just so I don't repeat what she was saying, but

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's no problem.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's no problem.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I have small children, so I'm used to telling people to use their inside voices. The main point I want to communicate today is that it's important to acknowledge that there have been important improvements in funding and in support for palliative care in many, many parts of the

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  No problem. I can continue my presentation in French, if need be.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  This is going to be a fun morning. I think it's very important to point out that a lot of the crises we are experiencing right now in palliative care and palliative care provision are related a generalized lack of person power across the health care system, especially in home ca