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Luc Thériault

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Montcalm
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $126,025.95

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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Sep/20/22 11:26:03 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, as we begin the debate and this study, and since we are dealing with principles here, I would say from the outset that just because a person has an impairment does not mean that they have a disability. That is a basic principle, as far as I am concerned. Disability is a social construct. A person living with disabilities achieves autonomy when they have social and economic autonomy. If the bill and especially the regulations, which do not exist yet, are drafted with that in mind, then they will certainly have our attention and support. For a person living with disabilities to have dignity, to live in dignity, how much basic income should they receive annually?
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Feb/1/23 6:12:32 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Mr. Speaker, the government seems to feel that, because this is a noble cause, since it is about respecting the dignity of people living with disabilities, it can table a sloppy, amateurish bill, as we very often see with bills. How does my colleague explain the fact that we do not know the criteria, the conditions, the amounts or the method of calculation? We are at third reading, but when I listen to the debates, I feel like we are only at the stage of debating the bill's principle. We are handing over a blank cheque, because the government is exploiting the vulnerability of certain people to justify its lax approach, as happens so often in the House.
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Context: House Hansard - 151 - Feb/1/23
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Feb/1/23 4:49:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, at the beginning of his speech, my colleague made a connection between the situation of people living with a disability and medical assistance in dying. He said that some people with disabilities would ask for MAID, or that MAID would be more accessible. First of all, the Bloc supports this bill. We believe that an individual impairment should not be regarded as a disability. Disability is a social construct. That said, where is the member getting his facts? Medical assistance in dying providers do evaluations. No one who appeared before the Standing Committee on Health told us up front that the member opposite's claims are common practice. On the contrary, just because someone has a structural determinant, like poverty, does not necessarily mean they will be eligible for MAID. Where is the member getting this information?
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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Sep/20/22 1:34:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Mr. Speaker, my colleague was saying earlier that the bill bypasses the work of Parliament by giving cabinet too much regulatory power. This bill covers an important topic and principles that we all seem to agree on. What is more, the real work of the bill would be done through the regulations. For all these reasons, would my colleague agree to add a clause to the bill to ensure that parliamentarians are able to review the regulations and provide their input?
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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Sep/20/22 1:20:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to the debate since this morning, and I think that many members agree on the principle of this bill. However, the bill basically says nothing about the terms and conditions, criteria, process or accountability in particular. According to my colleague, what mechanism will enable parliamentarians to measure the effectiveness of the regulations that will be enacted to ensure they uphold the fine principle we are discussing this morning?
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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22
Mr. Luc Thériault (Montcalm, BQ)
  • Sep/20/22 12:01:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, in a June 15 article in La Presse, Guillaume Parent wrote that the consultations could go on for three years. What does my colleague think about that? Does she not think that is a rather long time to wait for people who are already in need?
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