Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Sorry, but I didn't understand the whole question.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  No, Senator, we haven't done that at all. We are still at the discussion stage. What we conveyed are really the five conditions that would help guide physicians providing MAID to patients whose sole underlying condition was a mental disorder if that became a possibility.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  As I said earlier, we conducted a survey of physicians, and 55% of them wanted the CMQ to develop specific criteria that would help patients struggling with mental disorders access MAID. It is fair to say, then, that the majority of the medical community, just over 50%, would be

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, absolutely. As far as we're concerned, that shows the irreversible nature of the illness. It's really important to look carefully at the conditions we put forward. For instance, the patient must have had an extensive care trajectory, accessing all possible treatments and psy

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I will answer that. The committee that came up with those parameters met over a number of months in 2021 and 2022. The medical community was also surveyed regarding the parameters, and we collected expert opinions. I think the five conditions I listed can be used to demonstrate

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Madam Chair, members of the committee, we appeared before you nearly a year ago today. Thank you for giving us another opportunity to express our views, this time in relation to mental disorders. By way of reminder, the mission of the Collège des médecins du Québec, or CMQ, is t

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'll give you an example, and Dr. Luyet will give you one as well. Everyone, under all circumstances, must have access to the entire range of medical care suited to their circumstances, from prevention to rehabilitation, including medical assistance in dying. In their relationsh

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  In Quebec, the discussion is still only about illness, and neither disease nor disability has come into it. So we have the Canadian act and the Quebec act. The doctors and other members of the order I am privileged to preside over may find themselves in difficult situations with

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I think that the Quebec government will be revisiting this issue in a new bill that would include it. The problem is that a doctor in Quebec cannot currently administer medical assistance in dying to someone with a disability in the province, but could do so if a patient in the s

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  To be honest, it has never happened. Doctors and the Collège said that doctors could choose to follow one or other of the two acts, but we were upbraided for having said so. Our opinion has not changed, and there have not been any problems in this regard. Doctors nevertheless fi

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  What we think, and we explained this earlier, is that there is no age attached to the request. It all depends on the specifics of each case, and every request needs to be individualized. Medical assistance in dying is care. We see it all from the standpoint of care. Medical assi

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that there is a range of care to which the patient is entitled and that perhaps, if the problem deteriorates over a certain number of years, medical assistance in dying might be one of these care options.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I'll answer that. Then Dr. Luyet, who is a psychiatrist, can take it from there. The important thing in a situation like this is the relationship between doctor and patient. That's also true for the Duncan sisters, who spoke earlier. There must be an established relationship bet

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you.

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  If I may, Madam Chair, I'll begin. Madam Chair and Mr. Chair, members of the committee, good morning. I am Dr. Mauril Gaudreault, the president of the Collège des médecins du Québec, whose membership is over 30,000 Quebec doctors and aspiring doctors, in all specialties. I am a