Discussion · Government Orders
Kevin Lamoureux Liberal
“A doctor who provides assisted dying wrote that just knowing they qualify helps people suffer less, gives them a choice, and lets them focus on living. I want the member to tell me what he thinks about that.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to be able to quote an article that was written by Stefanie Green, who is the main practitioner and founding president of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers. It reads: As a practitioner...I can tell you that...if I can tell someone they are eligible for an assisted death, regardless of if they ever pursue one or not, I see their suffering reduced. Rather than feeling helpless, they become empowered with choice. And in that remarkable moment, I watch them almost immediately stop focusing on how they are going to die, which is something they have been so fearful of, and begin to concentrate instead on how they plan to live for the time they have remaining. I am just wondering if the member could provide his thoughts on that particular quote.”
Mr. Speaker, I would like to be able to quote an article that was written by Stefanie Green, who is the main practitioner and founding president of the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers. It reads: As a practitioner...I can tell you that...if I can tell someone they are eligible for an assisted death, regardless of if they ever pursue one or not, I see their suffering reduced. Rather than feeling helpless, they become empowered with choice. And in that remarkable moment, I watch them almost immediately stop focusing on how they are going to die, which is something they have been so fearful of, and begin to concentrate instead on how they plan to live for the time they have remaining. I am just wondering if the member could provide his thoughts on that particular quote.