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Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy

Claude DeBellefeuille

  • Member of Parliament
  • Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Salaberry—Suroît
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $109,425.78

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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille
  • Feb/13/24 4:47:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will stay calm because I am not allowed to say what is on my mind. It would be unparliamentary. I want to say something about the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying. There was unanimous consensus on recommendation 21, which I will read, “That the Government of Canada amend the Criminal Code to allow for advance requests following a diagnosis of a serious and incurable medical condition[,] disease, or disorder leading to incapacity.” This is not coming from me. This comes from a joint committee made up of MPs from every party in the House and several senators. That was said in February 2023. I was a social worker in Quebec. Children have never, ever been euthanized in Quebec. That is not what we are talking about. I think that the member did not listen to my speech. What I said was that not everyone who asks for medical assistance in dying gets it, and those who do have to go through a thorough and professional clinical process first.
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