Posted During April, 2014

Linda Couture shared an interesting video on Twitter. In the video, she discusses the so-called democratic process that led to Bill 52. She qualifies the process as being "tainted".

Note: Video in French.

The video discusses the Special Commission on Dying with Dignity that visited 8 cities, consulted 90 groups, received 231 briefs, and cost nearly one million dollars.

Mrs Couture notes, as we did in a recent blog post, that there is no consensus.

False consensus based entirely on public opinion ...

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Le Devoir reported Wednesday that the new prime minister of Quebec, Mr. Philippe Couillard, wants to quickly reintroduce Bill 52 on end-of-life care, which, according to him " is a rare example of consensus." What consensus is he talking about? There is no consensus within his party or among physicians. There is no consensus among people with disabilities. Nor is there unanimous agreement within the Quebec population. No consensus either among the groups that filed their briefs during the special ...

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The Quebec Liberal Party comes back to power after winning the April 7th elections.

We hope that Philippe Couillard will re-establish the budget required not only for our healthcare system to function properly, but also to improve services to the entire population of Quebec.

When he was Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Couillard presented an End-of-Life Palliative Care Policy in 2004 (English version here ). Let us hope that the new Government will take all necessary ...

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