44th Parl. 1st Sess.

February 13, 2024 10:00AM

Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24

Mr. Marcus Powlowski (Thunder Bay—Rainy River, Lib.)

Feb/13/24 12:05:42 p.m.
Watch

Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his excellent speech and hard work on the MAID committee. He talked about the problem of irremediability. I think it would be an absolute tragedy if legislation we pass led to a situation where a MAID practitioner took the life of someone who would have actually gotten better had we given them some more time. How are we going to know? The person will be dead. I was troubled to hear the testimony of some people on the committee, some psychiatrists, who did not seem very worried about the problem of determining irremediability. They would still be willing to allow MAID even though they were not totally sure if the situation was irremediable. Could the member comment on the issue of what he heard at the committee and what he thought about it?

143 words

Hear!
Rabble!
add
star_border
share

SoVote

House Hansard - 281