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- Scarborough—Guildwood
- Ontario
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- Feb/15/24 4:02:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I was trying to make the point that we are a well-resourced family living in an affluent community with access to the best, and I am perfectly cognizant that thousands, and literally millions, of Canadians are not. In that case, they would not be able to explore all of the other options that well-resourced families can. I take the member's point entirely, and arguably, again, that is a good reason this should not be accessible for people with mental illness under the present circumstances.
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- Feb/15/24 3:59:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not live in a world of expertise. I live in a world of family experience.
The distinction between a mental illness and neurodegenerative disease is one that my colleague, who will be speaking next, would probably be able to answer much better than me.
I do think that members need to be cognizant of the transference from physical infirmities, pathologies and access to medical assistance in dying, to a diagnosed mental illness, pure and simple. There is a red line there. That is what we are dealing with today: what is on the other side of that red line.
I take his question as a good question. My colleague from Thunder Bay—Rainy River could maybe answer it much better than I.
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