{"time": "2020-02-26 17:50:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)", "fr": "M. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, PCC)"}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up on the question of advance consent. It is important to note that there is nothing in the legislation which requires the person to be consulted or informed of what is going on at the point at which he or she receives euthanasia if they had entered into the agreement in advance. This raises a concern.

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If I sign an agreement asking for euthanasia on May 1, and at that point maybe I have lost capacity but I still have a certain general awareness of what is going on around me, should I not at least be asked at that point, told what is going on, and have my general comfort level with what is happening to me at that time assessed? It seems to me reasonable that we would ensure as much as possible there is some element of contemporaneous consent as well. Would the member agree with that?

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Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je voudrais revenir sur la question du consentement pr\u00e9alable. Il est important de noter que rien dans le projet de loi n'exige que la personne soit consult\u00e9e ou inform\u00e9e de ce qui se passe au moment o\u00f9 elle re\u00e7oit l'euthanasie si elle avait conclu l'accord au pr\u00e9alable. Cela soul\u00e8ve une pr\u00e9occupation.

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Si je signe un accord demandant l'euthanasie le 1er mai, et qu'\u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0, j'ai peut-\u00eatre perdu mes capacit\u00e9s, mais que j'ai encore une certaine conscience g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de ce qui se passe autour de moi, ne faudrait-il pas au moins me poser la question \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0, me dire ce qui se passe et \u00e9valuer mon niveau g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de confort par rapport \u00e0 la situation dans laquelle je me trouve \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0? Il me semble raisonnable de veiller \u00e0 ce que, dans la mesure du possible, il y ait \u00e9galement un \u00e9l\u00e9ment de consentement au dernier moment. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 serait-il d'accord avec cette id\u00e9e?

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