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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2024-04-29 15:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Leslyn Lewis (Haldimand\u2014Norfolk, CPC)",
"fr": "Mme Leslyn Lewis (Haldimand\u2014Norfolk, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8359919\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition signed by Canadians across the country. The petitioners believe that vulnerable Canadians with mental illnesses should receive suicide prevention counselling over medical assistance in dying. The petitioners are concerned about the lack of consensus among health care experts regarding what constitutes irremediable mental illness and the inadequate supports for the mental health of Canadians. As such, they are calling upon the House of Commons to cancel its plans to expand the eligibility of medical assistance in dying for those with mental illness.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8359919\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition sign\u00e9e par des Canadiens de partout au pays. Les p\u00e9titionnaires croient que les Canadiens vuln\u00e9rables atteints de maladies mentales devraient recevoir des services de counseling en pr\u00e9vention du suicide plut\u00f4t que d'avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir. Les p\u00e9titionnaires sont pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par le manque de consensus parmi les experts en soins de sant\u00e9 sur ce qui constitue une maladie mentale irr\u00e9m\u00e9diable, ainsi que par le manque de services de soutien en sant\u00e9 mentale pour les Canadiens. Ils demandent donc \u00e0 la Chambre des communes de renoncer \u00e0 son intention d'\u00e9largir l'admissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir aux personnes atteintes de maladies mentales.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/4/29/leslyn-lewis-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/leslyn-lewis/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4626/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12700888",
"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/2024/4/29/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F4%2F29%2F"
}
}