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{
"time": "2020-11-30 13:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Arif Virani (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Arif Virani (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Justice et procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Canada, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6392343\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I just point out that what has happened since the previous legislation was passed is that the average age of people who access MAID is 75 years old. MAID is being accessed by 2% of the Canadian population, which is right in the middle of all jurisdictions around the world that also allow MAID. Most importantly, there is no evidence of medical practitioners being prosecuted or disciplined for having coerced or encouraged this type of behaviour.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392344\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member raised the spectre of a mother passing and wondering what will happen to her disabled daughter and whether she would be forced into MAID by a different person. That actually betrays what the legislation says, which is that if somebody is in track two, they must make a written request to start a process of evaluation that takes no less than 90 days.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392345\" data-originallang=\"en\">Could the member comment on that safeguard and whether that is doing the work to protect the importance of making sure these decisions are made independently and after due consideration?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6392343\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je signale simplement que, depuis l\u2019adoption de la loi pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente, l\u2019\u00e2ge moyen des personnes qui ont recours \u00e0 l\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir est de 75 ans. Deux pour cent de la population canadienne a recours \u00e0 l\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir, ce qui se situe au centre de la moyenne de tous les pays qui autorisent aussi l\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir. Surtout, il n\u2019y a aucune preuve que des m\u00e9decins soient poursuivis ou sanctionn\u00e9s sous pr\u00e9texte qu\u2019ils ont contraint ou encourag\u00e9 des gens \u00e0 opter pour cette solution.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392344\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 le spectre d\u2019une m\u00e8re mourante qui se demande ce qu\u2019il adviendra de sa fille handicap\u00e9e et si cette derni\u00e8re ne sera pas contrainte par une autre personne \u00e0 demander l\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir. Cela trahit en fait ce que dit la loi, \u00e0 savoir que si une personne est dans la deuxi\u00e8me voie, elle doit faire une demande \u00e9crite pour lancer le processus d\u2019\u00e9valuation qui prend au moins 90 jours.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392345\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait-il nous dire ce qu\u2019il pense de cette mesure de sauvegarde et si elle contribue \u00e0 ce que les d\u00e9cisions soient prises de mani\u00e8re ind\u00e9pendante et apr\u00e8s m\u00fbre r\u00e9flexion?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/11/30/arif-virani-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/arif-virani/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4435/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11048527",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/11/30/",
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}
}