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House Hansard - 161

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. Philip Lawrence (Northumberland—Peterborough South, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 7:54:49 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Madam Speaker, there is one thing from the other side that I find confusing. They can correct me if they wish, but they seem to be saying that if in fact a year from now we allow mental illness as a sole reason for medically assisted death, those people would not be suicidal. By the very definition of medically assisted suicide, or MAID, that person is suicidal. If we now allow mental illness as a sole reason for MAID, are we not making suicide easier?
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