{"time": "2022-03-29 13:15:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)", "fr": "M. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, PCC)"}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7035037\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I have been waiting for this moment. I thank you for the opportunity to table a number of petitions today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7035038\" data-originallang=\"en\">The first petition is on the very serious issue of Canadians struggling with mental health challenges. It notes that the Canadian Mental Health Association states that, as a recovery-oriented organization, it does not believe that mental illnesses are irremediable, and the petitioners are concerned about the government's decision to open up facilitated suicide within the medical system for those struggling with mental health challenges. The petitioners call on the government to repeal euthanasia for those for whom mental illness is the sole condition, and to protect Canadians struggling with mental illness by facilitating treatment and recovery; not death.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7035037\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'attendais ce moment avec impatience. Je vous remercie de me permettre de pr\u00e9senter un certain nombre de p\u00e9titions aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7035038\" data-originallang=\"en\"> La premi\u00e8re p\u00e9tition porte sur le sujet tr\u00e8s grave des Canadiens qui ont des probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale. Elle souligne que l'Association canadienne pour la sant\u00e9 mentale affirme que, en tant qu'organisme ax\u00e9 sur le r\u00e9tablissement, elle ne croit pas que les maladies mentales sont irr\u00e9versibles. Les p\u00e9titionnaires s'inqui\u00e8tent de la d\u00e9cision du gouvernement d'\u00e9tendre l'acc\u00e8s au suicide facilit\u00e9 par le syst\u00e8me m\u00e9dical aux personnes aux prises avec des troubles de sant\u00e9 mentale. Ils demandent au gouvernement d'emp\u00eacher l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'euthanasie lorsque la maladie mentale est le seul probl\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 et de prot\u00e9ger les personnes souffrant de maladie mentale en facilitant leur traitement et leur gu\u00e9rison, et non leur mort.</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2022/3/29/garnett-genuis-8/", "politician_url": "/politicians/garnett-genuis/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4383/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "11596104", "h1": {"en": "Routine Proceedings", "fr": "Affaires courantes"}, "h2": {"en": "Petitions", "fr": "P\u00e9titions"}, "h3": {"en": "Medical Assistance in Dying", "fr": "L'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir"}, "document_url": "/debates/2022/3/29/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F3%2F29%2F"}}