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Member of the Joint Interparliamentary Council

Michael Cooper

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the Joint Interparliamentary Council
  • Conservative
  • St. Albert—Edmonton
  • Alberta
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $119,185.60

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Context: House Hansard - 280 - Feb/12/24
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • Feb/12/24 12:40:48 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-7 
Madam Speaker, the decision to expand MAID in the case of mental illness was not a decision of the courts. It was a political decision made by the Liberals. That is evidenced by the fact that the government's initial legislative response, Bill C-7, expressly excluded MAID for mental illness in response to the Truchon decision, which was not an appellate decision, as the member said, but a lower court decision that, yes, the government should have appealed. We have heard from experts the fundamental clinical issues, including the difficulty, if not impossibility, of predicting irremediability as part of the reason why there was a one-year delay. It is part of the reason why now the government is kicking the can down the road with a further three-year delay. What evidence can the member cite that the issue is going to be resolved in three short years?
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Mr. Michael Cooper
  • Feb/7/24 6:01:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-7 
Madam Speaker, if the member is referring to the Truchon decision, that was not what the Truchon decision provided for. That was outside the scope of the Truchon decision. Evidenced by that is the fact that when the Liberals responded to Truchon by introducing Bill C-7, mental illness as the sole underlying condition was expressly excluded from the legislation. This is a political decision brought on by the Liberals.
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