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{
    "time": "2016-06-16 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan\u2014West Kootenay, NDP)",
        "fr": "M. Richard Cannings (Okanagan-Sud\u2014Kootenay-Ouest, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4431743\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, we have over the last few weeks heard reports from many experts that Kay Carter, whose case before the Supreme Court of Canada brought this important issue to us, would not be eligible for physician-assisted dying under Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8177165\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-14/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)\">C-14</a> as it now stands.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4431744\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like the minister to comment on that. Does she disagree with that position? Does it not reflect on the confusion that the bill as it has been crafted has caused in the debate?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4431743\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, au cours des derni\u00e8res semaines, nous avons entendu de nombreux experts dire que Kay Carter, dont l'affaire devant la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada est \u00e0 l\u2019origine de cette importante question dont nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 saisis, ne serait pas admissible \u00e0 l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir en vertu du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8177165\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-14/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)\">C-14</a> tel qu\u2019il est r\u00e9dig\u00e9 actuellement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4431744\" data-originallang=\"en\">J\u2019aimerais que la ministre nous donne son opinion sur ce point. Est-elle en d\u00e9saccord avec cette position? Cela ne refl\u00e8te-t-il pas la confusion que le projet de loi tel qu'il a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9dig\u00e9 a caus\u00e9e dans le d\u00e9bat?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/6/16/richard-cannings-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/richard-cannings/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4216/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9005985",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)",
        "fr": "Loi modifiant le Code criminel et apportant des modifications connexes \u00e0 d\u2019autres lois (aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir)"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/6/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F6%2F16%2F"
    }
}