Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for this opportunity.
Second, I believe it is important to ensure that a palliative care consultation must be done to inform patients of the full range of available treatments and support services that are available and actually ensure that they are available.
We also need to insist on a prior review by a judge or a panel to ensure that no coercion exists and that all of the criteria are met.
We need to protect the conscience rights of health care professionals and institutions. I think we heard earlier the fear that if institutions are not protected in terms of their conscience related to this, patients may actually fear going to those institutions.
Finally, if physically able, the patient must self-administer the lethal substance, rather than having a doctor administer that substance.