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{
"time": "2026-03-09 15:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Burton Bailey (Red Deer, CPC)",
"fr": "Burton Bailey (Red Deer, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9203730\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise to present this petition on behalf of my constituents calling on the government 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>. The petitioners write that Canadians with mental illnesses should be provided with treatment and support, that mental illness is complex and can include suicidal thoughts as symptoms, and that the lives of Canadians with mental illnesses will be at risk when they are eligible for medical assistance in dying on the basis of mental illness alone, especially when treatment and support are not readily available. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9203731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Therefore, the petitioners call on the House of Commons 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 a mental illness as their sole medical condition. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9203730\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole pour pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition au nom de mes concitoyens qui demandent au gouvernement 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>. Les p\u00e9titionnaires \u00e9crivent que les Canadiens atteints d'une maladie mentale devraient recevoir un traitement et du soutien, que la maladie mentale est complexe et que des pens\u00e9es suicidaires peuvent en \u00eatre un sympt\u00f4me, et que la vie des Canadiens atteints d'une maladie mentale sera en danger lorsque ceux dont la seule affection est une maladie mentale seront admissibles \u00e0 l'aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir, en particulier lorsqu'un traitement et du soutien ne sont pas facilement accessibles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9203731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par cons\u00e9quent, les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent \u00e0 la Chambre des communes 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 de la loi 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.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/3/9/burton-bailey-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/burton-bailey/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4822/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13390814",
"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/2026/3/9/",
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}
}