I think we have a very rigorous system with a number of safeguards and eligibility criteria that are being exceptionally well adhered to.

I feel incredibly privileged to be invited in this intimate time to be with the patient and to be trusted in this time. It's profoundly meaningful work

Clinicians help their patients, facilitating their final wish. and it is the illness that is harming them.

We can't hold individuals hostage to society's failings.

It's a matter of inclusitivity and restoration of rights to access this legal care.

That happens very seldom. Patients are given enough time to think trough their decisions which don't come at the spur of the moment.

It  is a rights-based issue.

I'm proud of what I do. We offer patients help, caring and compassion in a professional way within a structured rigorous system

They have no professional responsibility to bring up the issue. They stepped out of their lane.

It's not the first time I've disagreed here. I certainly don't take my directions from him. I don't mind that it's his impression. I take issue with that

I actually very much respect... and her point of view. And I sincerely disagree with that.

I was concerned about that at the beginning, but after some thought about that, after experiencing that I feel...

Yes, we absolutely need to recognize there're inadequacies. Canada has not lived up to its promises. We need to do better. And I stand loudly and proudly with anybody who is demanding better conditions

It is a little bit inaccurate, to be honest

It's ludicrous, I agree. I don't understand why...

give evidence

question

mercy

prison

accuse

the death penalty

punishment

wrongdoing

plead guilty

imprisonment

11. a session (as of a legislative committee) in which testimony is taken from witnesses.

4. a judicial decision or sentence.

3. a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event (such as a crime).

14. (an act of) murder.

6. a problem taken to a law court by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police in order to obtain a legal decision.

5. a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent to prison.

2. a conditional release of a prisoner serving an indeterminate or unexpired sentence.

9. an official decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a particular crime.

10. a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a jury (such as a grand jury) charging a person with an offence.

12. an official order given by a law court, usually to stop someone from doing something.

7. a crime considered to be one of the less serious types of crime.

15. money that is paid to someone by a person or organisation who was responsible for causing some injury or loss.

8. a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been proved.

1. to order someone to go to a law court to answer questions.

13. objects, documents, official statements, etc. that are used to prove something is true or not true, especially for legal or insurance purposes.