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House Hansard - 283

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 283 - Feb/15/24
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Feb/15/24 11:48:26 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, this morning is my first opportunity to take part in this debate. I have heard a few comments from people who think the Government of Canada is going to have a hand in murdering Canadians. I know it has come up in a point of order. We are stuck, but it does not mean that anyone wants to murder any Canadians. I think we need to be concerned, with a choice and a debate this deeply personal and moral, and with such complicated questions. Given the constraints of Supreme Court decisions and the work of the Senate, how do we keep the focus here not on the partisanship of this place but on making and passing good laws?
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Context: House Hansard - 283 - Feb/15/24
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Feb/15/24 3:09:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on Monday, February 26, the 13th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization will open in Abu Dhabi. Amazingly, just eight weeks ago, that same country closed on an ambitious climate agenda from COP28, referred to as the United Arab Emirates consensus. Will the government use that synchronicity, get in there and make sure that the 13th trade ministerial is a climate ministerial that makes the WTO back off from the climate deals and let us do the work to deliver on our Paris commitments?
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Context: House Hansard - 283 - Feb/15/24
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
  • Feb/15/24 4:12:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-62 
Mr. Speaker, as we debate here and keep hearing the words, which we are now getting used to, “medical assistance in dying”, in the context of Bill C-62, I wonder whether we can create something different, like “societal assistance in living”. We desperately need things like a guaranteed livable income. We need better access to social supports, mental health provisions, addictions counselling and a panoply of things that would make us feel more confident that no one would opt for medical assistance in dying. If Canada, if we as neighbours and friends to the family of all Canadians, said that we are there for them and that they can count on something, a guarantee, social assistance in living, would the hon. member think that is a good idea?
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