Mr. Speaker, I think I clearly indicated the differences on this in the speech I made at second reading.
Members will know that over the last eight to 10 years, I have devoted a lot of energy to the issue of mental health and suicide prevention.
Here we are talking about so-called compassion, and I do not see anything compassionate about ending someone's life prematurely. The very word “compassion” means to “suffer with”. We cannot suffer with someone whose life we have simply terminated.