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Marcus Powlowski

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Thunder Bay—Rainy River
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,359.62

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Context: House Hansard - 292 - Mar/20/24
Mr. Marcus Powlowski
  • Mar/20/24 9:14:02 p.m.
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Madam Chair, to tell the truth, I went through the whole agreement, but I did not see anything on medical assistance. However, that is exceedingly important. In fact, I know that Canadian surgeons, as part of teams with American surgeons specializing in plastic surgery, orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery, have gone to Ukraine to assist people who have been injured in the war. They try, as much as possible, to make them as close as they can to what they were before their injuries. Therefore, I think Canada has really contributed a lot in that respect, and, certainly, continuing to do so is important. However, I will stress that it is far better to prevent injuries and death than having to send surgeons and medical teams to try to undo what war has done.
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Mr. Marcus Powlowski
  • Feb/13/23 4:10:47 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Madam Speaker, I have not in fact read the report. At the moment, the problem is that we have 10 provinces and three territories that are all expected to come up with the appropriate safeguards, and I do not think any of them have actually publicly come forward with those safeguards. I would further suggest that it ought not be the colleges of physicians and surgeons that are put in the position to have to put those safeguards in. It is up to us, the elected representatives who are accountable to the people, who ought to be the ones making those decisions, not the colleges of physicians and surgeons. I would agree with the member that one person who stays in suffering is too many; however, I would also suggest that one person whose life is taken prematurely because of an overly liberal approach to MAID and the pain that that causes, particularly to the family, ought to be something we consider before making any decision that would allow that to happen.
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