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House Hansard - 281

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 13, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/13/24 12:50:44 p.m.
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The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Feb/13/24 1:42:34 p.m.
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That is not a point of order. I would ask members that when they raise points of order to please ensure it is a point of order. The hon. member has only been speaking for four minutes at this point. He still has 16 minutes and hon. members will have 10 minutes for questions and comments. I would ask members to please wait to ask questions or to make comments. The hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader.
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
The Speaker
  • Feb/13/24 3:19:25 p.m.
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We will begin where we left off. The hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader had just finished his speech, and we were beginning questions and comments. I apologize for speaking English. I invite my hon. colleague, the member for Louis‑Saint‑Laurent, who is well known for his mastery of the language of Molière to come back to the question that he started asking earlier before he was interrupted.
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)
  • Feb/13/24 9:30:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the parliamentary secretary fails to acknowledge is the many ways in which the government's policies on euthanasia have been a profound failure. In fact, it has been repeatedly called out, not only by those who are concerned about the impact on those struggling with mental health challenges, but also by those within the disability community, which has been nearly unanimous in their criticism of the government's approach. The disability community has identified how the approach the government is taking is undermining the services that they wish to access, and it is in fact devaluing the lives and contributions of people living with disabilities. The Liberal government and the parliamentary secretary need to acknowledge that. I want to ask the member a question. There were some very specific constructive proposals around this in the last Conservative election platform, things such as how a doctor should not be bringing up and proposing MAID to someone who has not asked for it. At a minimum, if there is going to be a conversation about euthanasia, it should be initiated by the patient. It should not be something a doctor, someone in the health care system or someone who works for a government department, such as veterans affairs, is suggesting to them. Does the member agree that one reasonable reform would be to say that it should be the patient bringing up the conversation, if it is a conversation they want to have, not somebody else bringing it up and suggesting death to them?
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