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Andrew Lawton

Conservative on Medical Assistance in Dying Safeguards Act

Replying to Kevin Lamoureux (Liberal)
“Mr. Speaker, I am going to start off by giving a quote directly from the legislation. Under clause 5, it states: A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner must not administer a substance to a person to cause their death on the basis of an advance request if the person demonstrates, by words, sounds or gestures, refusal or resistance to have the substance administered to them. Once the person demonstrates such refusal or resistance, medical assistance in dying can no longer be provided to them on the basis of that request. We need to think about what the legislation says. A number of members of the Conservative Party have stood in their place and said something completely opposite to that. I suggest that that is what we have to guard against: misinformation on such a serious debate.”

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Mr. Speaker, I would ask the member to read the next paragraph: If the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner is in doubt as to whether the person’s words, sounds or gestures constitute a demonstration of refusal or resistance to having the substance administered to them, they must not, at that time or at any time within the following 30 clear days, administer the substance to the person. If the government cannot even get its own legislation right, why is it forcing us to pass it through on an expedited timeline?