Replying to Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Bloc Québécois)
“Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague’s speech. The intent of the bill is to amend the Criminal Code to make it an offence for certain people, in an end-of-life situation, to initiate a discussion about all the options available to a person who is suffering. This is based on discussions. Instead of the offence being based on an employee’s behaviour, something else should be done. There are people everywhere, maybe even here, who would not be beyond reproach, yet this bill would amend the Criminal Code to make that an offence. It makes no sense.”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 8 wordsI will explain again what the bill does.ProcedureClaims · 93 wordsThose in positions of authority who are not doctors and nurses, that is, who are not supposed to be involved in the provision of MAID at all, are not to bring up MAID to a person who has not asked for information about it.1If one is calling Veterans Affairs Canada, visiting their parole officer, consulting with a professor or meeting with a social worker and seeking help for unrelated services, and out of the blue that service provider tells that person that they should pursue MAID, this bill says that is inappropriate.Positioning · 22 wordsIf the members of the Bloc do not agree with it, they are welcome to vote however they like on this bill.PositioningClaims · 68 wordsHowever, I think most Canadians would say that it is common sense that if one calls Veterans Affairs Canada asking for help getting a stairlift, and the person on the other end of the line who is in a position of authority says they cannot get that stairlift for them, but asks if they have ever thought about dying instead, that is inappropriate.That should not be happening.Reasoning · 12 wordsThe fact that it happens a lot means it should be stopped.
