Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2024-04-08 15:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Jennifer O\u2019Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs (Cybersecurity), Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Jennifer O\u2019Connell (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Se\u0301curite\u0301 publique, des Institutions d\u00e9mocratiques et des Affaires intergouvernementales (Cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9), Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8313083\">Mr. Speaker, one of the CSC\u2019s top priorities is ensuring that those who are incarcerated in Canada\u2019s federal institutions have access to quality, safe, patient-centred and culturally responsive care. This is underscored by CSC\u2019s legislative mandate and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, or CCRA, which includes providing essential health care and reasonable access to non-essential health care to federal inmates, in keeping with professional standards. As part of this, CSC is responsive to the needs of offenders, including quality and compassionate palliative and end-of-life care.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313084\">Medical assistance in dying, or MAID, is a complex and deeply personal matter, and CSC ensures a robust and compassionate process for those who may wish to access these services. The eligibility requirements within CSC follow the legislative requirements that apply to all Canadians. Once an individual makes such a request, a physician or nurse practitioner will meet with them to discuss relevant information, offer referrals to support services such as mental health professionals, chaplains, elders, etc., and schedule the individual for an eligibility assessment. It should be noted that CSC\u2019s guidelines require that an external physician or nurse practitioner perform the second eligibility assessment and that the procedure be completed externally to CSC, namely in a community hospital or health care facility, other than in exceptional circumstances.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313085\">The process related to the provision of MAID is comprehensive and contains numerous safeguards to ensure that federally incarcerated individuals are afforded the same rights as all other Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313086\">As of February 13, 2024, the total number of requests that CSC has received since the implementation of the legislation was 37, of which 10 eligible individuals received MAID. Furthermore, of the individuals who received MAID, nine received it in external facilities and one received it within a correctional facility at the individual\u2019s request. All procedures were carried out by health professionals outside the service.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313087\">In processing parliamentary returns, the government applies the principles set out in the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. Information with regard to specific cases has been withheld on the grounds that it constitutes personal information.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8313083\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, l\u2019une des principales priorit\u00e9s du Service correctionnel du Canada, ou SCC, consiste \u00e0 s\u2019assurer que les personnes incarc\u00e9r\u00e9es dans les \u00e9tablissements f\u00e9d\u00e9raux du Canada ont acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des soins de qualit\u00e9, s\u00e9curitaires, ax\u00e9s sur le patient et adapt\u00e9s \u00e0 la culture. Cela est soulign\u00e9 dans le mandat l\u00e9gislatif du SCC pr\u00e9vu dans la Loi sur le syst\u00e8me correctionnel et la mise en libert\u00e9 sous condition, ou LSCMLC, qui consiste \u00e0 fournir des soins de sant\u00e9 essentiels et un acc\u00e8s raisonnable \u00e0 des soins de sant\u00e9 non essentiels aux d\u00e9tenus sous responsabilit\u00e9 f\u00e9d\u00e9rale, conform\u00e9ment aux normes professionnelles. Dans ce contexte, le SCC, se doit de r\u00e9pondre aux besoins des d\u00e9linquants, notamment en leur fournissant des soins palliatifs et des soins de fin de vie de qualit\u00e9 et empreints de compassion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313084\">L\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir, ou AMM, est une question complexe et hautement personnelle et le SCC a mis en place un processus rigoureux et empreint de compassion \u00e0 l\u2019intention des personnes qui souhaitent avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 ces services. Les exigences d\u2019admissibilit\u00e9 au SCC sont conformes aux exigences l\u00e9gislatives qui s\u2019appliquent \u00e0 toute la population canadienne. Lorsqu\u2019une personne en fait la demande, un m\u00e9decin ou un infirmier praticien la rencontre pour lui fournir des renseignements importants, l\u2019aiguiller vers des services de soutien, professionnels de la sant\u00e9 mentale, aum\u00f4niers, a\u00een\u00e9s, etc., et fixer un rendez-vous pour qu\u2019on puisse \u00e9valuer son admissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 ce service. Il convient de noter que selon les lignes directrices du SCC, un m\u00e9decin ou un infirmier praticien externe doit effectuer la deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9valuation de l\u2019admissibilit\u00e9 de la personne et la proc\u00e9dure doit \u00eatre r\u00e9alis\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur du SCC, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire dans un h\u00f4pital ou un \u00e9tablissement de soins de sant\u00e9 de la collectivit\u00e9, sauf dans des circonstances exceptionnelles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313085\">Le processus relatif \u00e0 l\u2019AMM est exhaustif et pr\u00e9voit de nombreuses garanties proc\u00e9durales pour veiller \u00e0 ce que les personnes incarc\u00e9r\u00e9es dans les \u00e9tablissements f\u00e9d\u00e9raux b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient des m\u00eames droits que tous les autres Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313086\">Au 13 f\u00e9vrier 2024, le nombre total de demandes re\u00e7ues par le SCC depuis la mise en \u0153uvre de la loi est de 37 et, de ce nombre, 10 personnes admissibles ont re\u00e7u l\u2019AMM. De plus, parmi les personnes qui ont re\u00e7u l\u2019AMM, 9 ont eu lieu dans des \u00e9tablissements externes et 1 a eu lieu dans un \u00e9tablissement correctionnel \u00e0 la demande de la personne. Toutes les proc\u00e9dures ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par des professionnels de sant\u00e9 ext\u00e9rieurs au Service.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8313087\">Lorsqu\u2019il traite les documents parlementaires, le gouvernement applique les principes de la Loi sur l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019information et de la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels. Les informations relatives \u00e0 des cas sp\u00e9cifiques n'ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 fournis car il s'agit de renseignements personnels.</p>"
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    "url": "/debates/2024/4/8/jennifer-oconnell-3/",
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    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
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    "h2": {
        "en": "Questions on the Order Paper",
        "fr": "Questions au Feuilleton"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Question No.2332\u2014",
        "fr": "Question no 2332 \u2014"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/4/8/",
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