Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2016-05-02 18:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014James Bay, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014Baie James, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4317510\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I have been listening with great interest, and this is a profound discussion that we are having tonight. The issue in terms of what people are able to access at end of life has been put before this House, not simply because of the Carter decision and not because of, as some colleagues have said, a narrow rewriting of the legislation. However, if we are going to rewrite this legislation, we have to deal with the huge shortfalls in end-of-life care for those who are wanting to live\u2014the palliative-care needs of the sick and their families. Yet only 16% to 30% of Canadians are able to access quality palliative care. Only four provinces even have a palliative-care framework. It is the responsibility of the federal government to work with the provinces, and also to put the money on the table to say that palliative end-of-life choices are going to be available. However, we saw zero money in the budget from the current government. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4317511\" data-originallang=\"en\">If this bill is going to be in place in June, we are going to be in a situation in Canada where people will have technically the right to end their life if they are facing intolerable suffering, but they will not also share the same right to access quality health care for their family if they are living in under-serviced areas and patchwork areas. I am asking why the current government has not stepped forward in advance of this legislation to start dealing with the huge shortfalls we are facing in palliative care.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4317510\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j\u2019ai suivi avec un vif int\u00e9r\u00eat la tr\u00e8s profonde discussion que nous tenons ce soir. La question des services qui seront accessibles en fin de vie n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e \u00e0 la Chambre seulement en raison de l\u2019arr\u00eat Carter, ni, comme l\u2019ont laiss\u00e9 entendre quelques-uns de nos coll\u00e8gues, parce que nous voulons revoir le libell\u00e9 de la loi. Si nous devons revoir la loi, nous devons nous attaquer aux graves carences des soins de fin de vie pour ceux qui veulent vivre \u2014 les besoins en mati\u00e8re de soins palliatifs pour les malades et leurs familles. Seuls de 16 \u00e0 30 % des Canadiens ont acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des soins palliatifs. Seulement quatre provinces ont un cadre de travail pour les soins palliatifs. Il incombe au gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de travailler de concert avec les provinces, mais aussi d\u2019octroyer des fonds pour que des soins palliatifs en fin de vie puissent \u00eatre offerts. Pourtant, le gouvernement n'a pr\u00e9vu aucun financement \u00e0 cette fin dans son budget.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4317511\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si le projet de loi entre en vigueur d\u2019ici le mois de juin, nous aurons au Canada une situation o\u00f9 les personnes auront, techniquement, le droit de mettre fin \u00e0 leurs jours si elles traversent des souffrances intol\u00e9rables, mais o\u00f9 elles n\u2019auront pas toutes le m\u00eame acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des services de sant\u00e9 de qualit\u00e9 pour leurs familles, selon la r\u00e9gion o\u00f9 elles vivent. Je voudrais savoir pourquoi le gouvernement actuel, avant de pr\u00e9senter le projet de loi, n'a pris aucune mesure pour corriger les \u00e9normes lacunes que pr\u00e9sentent les soins palliatifs dans notre pays. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/5/2/charlie-angus-10/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/charlie-angus/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1434/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8886466",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/5/2/",
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        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F5%2F2%2F"
    }
}