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Jenny Kwan

Replying to Andréanne Larouche (Bloc Québécois)
“Mr. Speaker, I am hearing some interesting things this evening. There is a problem here. I wonder whether my colleague fully appreciates the clinical approach that underpins all of this. Right up until the very end, physicians support patients and ask whether this is still what they want. Quebec is prepared when it comes to advance requests. I have two—”

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Mr. Speaker, Quebec is always further ahead than the rest of the country. On this issue and on child care, it has always led, and so the rest of the country is always following. There is no question about it. However, this is a really important debate to raise some of the issues that have surfaced about whether it is right or wrong. It is an individual choice in terms of exercising MAID. It is fundamental that the government ensure that those who are suffering are supported in every way, and if they exercise their autonomy to have MAID, we need to support them in that process as well.