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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 ...

Continue Reading → The Liberals won the elections

We do not have the death penalty in Canada, partly because there is an unacceptable risk that innocent people could be killed. We should not legalize euthanasia because the risk of people dying for no reason is equally unacceptable.

A man has just been released after spending 30 years on death row in Louisiana. He always claimed he was innocent of the crime, and the prosecutor has finally admitted that there was inescapable evidence that this man was indeed innocent. ...

Continue Reading → Neither capital punishment nor euthanasia

Montreal, March 5, 2014 – The call for elections by the Marois government has killed Bill 52, An Act respecting end-of-life care, on the order paper. The citizen network Living With Dignity and the Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia are very pleased with this development and the fact that the Bill – a danger to our most vulnerable citizens – has not been adopted.

Now that the question of euthanasia has been introduced into the public debate, it is crucial not to ...

Continue Reading → To our future MNAs: We want high quality palliative care, not euthanasia

The National Assembly didn’t vote on Bill 52 before suspending its work last Thursday, February 20th. You probably already heard about it in the news. Some people say that the Bill died on the order paper. However, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OUR MNAs WILL BE VOTING ON THE BILL AS SOON AS MARCH 10TH! The fight isn’t over.

While it is likely that an election will be called before the Assembly is scheduled to return to work, we must all continue ...

Continue Reading → Bill 52 – the fight isn’t over