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{
"time": "2015-02-24 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bob Dechert",
"fr": "M. Bob Dechert"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3982215\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his kind comments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3982216\" data-originallang=\"en\">As a lawyer, I have seen beneficiaries unfairly manipulate people who were ill and in a weakened state, and I think most lawyers have. One has to be very concerned about that. I witnessed my colleagues who were specialists in the area of wills and estates call those people out and refuse to witness a will that they knew the testator had been pressured to enter into. This takes it to another level, and people can be manipulated in that sense.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3982217\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Once the will is in place stating the beneficiaries, I am concerned about the kind of pressure that those people could be put under to then say that they wish assisted suicide. We have to take the time to carefully consider those issues and ensure that the process that is put in place eliminates as much as possible the risks of this happening.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3982215\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de ses bonnes paroles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3982216\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c9tant avocat, j'ai vu des b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires manipuler indignement des personnes malades et affaiblies et je pense que la plupart des avocats ont aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 t\u00e9moins de telles situations. Ce n'est pas une chose \u00e0 prendre \u00e0 la l\u00e9g\u00e8re. J'ai vu certains coll\u00e8gues sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s en testaments et successions d\u00e9noncer de telles pratiques et refuser de certifier l'authenticit\u00e9 d'un testament parce qu'ils savaient que des pressions avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 exerc\u00e9es sur le testateur. Cela ajoute une dimension au d\u00e9bat et c'est un fait que des gens peuvent \u00eatre ainsi manipul\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3982217\" data-originallang=\"en\">Une fois que le testament est \u00e9tabli et que les b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires sont d\u00e9sign\u00e9s, je crains le genre de pression que les testateurs pourraient subir pour demander de l'aide \u00e0 mourir. Nous devons prendre le temps de bien r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 ces questions et veiller \u00e0 ce que le processus mis en place \u00e9limine autant que possible les risques que cela se produise.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/2/24/bob-dechert-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bob-dechert/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4083/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8592065",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Special Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le Comit\u00e9 sp\u00e9cial sur l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/2/24/",
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}