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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2026-03-24 10:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ted Falk (Provencher, CPC)",
"fr": "Ted Falk (Provencher, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9228766\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition from dozens of Canadians who are concerned about mental illness and recognize that mental illness is a serious and real illness, but who are calling on the House to support Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13568723\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-218/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)\">C-218</a>, which would reverse the law extending eligibility for MAID to people with mental illness as their sole underlying medical condition. They believe that mental illness should be treated and not given a death sentence.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9228766\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition sign\u00e9e par des dizaines de Canadiens qui se pr\u00e9occupent de la maladie mentale et qui la reconnaissent comme une maladie grave et r\u00e9elle, mais qui demandent \u00e0 la Chambre d'appuyer le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13568723\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-218/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)\">C\u2011218</a>, qui entra\u00eenerait l'annulation des dispositions visant \u00e0 \u00e9largir l'admissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir aux personnes pour qui la maladie mentale est la seule condition m\u00e9dicale invoqu\u00e9e. Les p\u00e9titionnaires estiment que les personnes souffrant d'un trouble mental devraient recevoir un traitement et non une peine de mort. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/3/24/ted-falk-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ted-falk/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4162/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13415039",
"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/2026/3/24/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F3%2F24%2F"
}
}