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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2020-10-19 13:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Julie Vignola",
"fr": "Mme Julie Vignola"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6289461\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6289462\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nowhere in the bill does it say that someone who is suicidal can access MAID. On the contrary, the bill states that someone with a degenerative disability would have 90 days to reflect on their decision and would have the necessary support to ensure that they are not in a state of distress. The necessary safeguards are there to ensure that someone in a state of distress would get the help they need. Furthermore, the request may be denied if the assessment indicates that the problem lies elsewhere.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6289463\" data-originallang=\"fr\">These are the same reasons for which mental health is not covered. We must start by providing support for mental health problems without giving people with mental illness access to MAID. A good assessment and good support are the safeguards in this bill.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6289461\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de sa question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6289462\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En aucun cas, le projet de loi ne mentionne que si une personne est suicidaire, elle peut demander l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir. Au contraire, le projet de loi fait qu'une personne souffrant de son handicap d\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9ratif aura 90 jours pour r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir \u00e0 sa demande et recevoir le soutien n\u00e9cessaire pour s'assurer qu'elle n'est pas dans un \u00e9tat de d\u00e9tresse. Les barri\u00e8res n\u00e9cessaires sont donc en place pour que, dans un moment de d\u00e9tresse, une personne re\u00e7oive l'aide requise. De plus, sa demande peut \u00eatre rejet\u00e9e si l'\u00e9valuation indique que le probl\u00e8me est ailleurs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6289463\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est pour ces m\u00eames raisons que la sant\u00e9 mentale n'est pas touch\u00e9e. Nous devons commencer par soulager les probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale, sans donner acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir aux personnes qui en souffrent. Une bonne \u00e9valuation et un bon soutien sont les garde-fous mis en place par le projet de loi.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/10/19/julie-vignola-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/julie-vignola/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4582/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10957348",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/10/19/",
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}