Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses and to the panel in its entirety for the work you have done, the hours of consultation, and for the report and its timely release.
I was particularly interested in and appreciated the amount of involvement that we saw from Canadians—15,000 Canadians participated in this—and the key findings in your document that you've shared with us. Could share with us what those key findings were, in particular with regard to what Canadians were saying? What was the strong support that you heard in relation to people who were suffering a mental or psychological illness?
My understanding of the report was that there was much greater support if it was a physical, not mental, issue regarding the suffering. I also believe the report was showing stronger support if the illness, the suffering, dealt with a life-threatening, progressive condition that was terminal—again, not a mental and not a temporary suffering, but a definite prognosis that it was a progressive, terminal illness.
Could you elaborate on that, on the mental issue and on whether the majority of Canadians are saying, or the stronger support seems to be, that it be a physical, terminal, progressive illness?