{"id":14190,"date":"2022-06-11T07:08:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T11:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/?p=14190"},"modified":"2022-06-11T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T17:02:07","slug":"bill-38-when-the-debate-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/bill-38-when-the-debate-resumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill 38: when the debate resumes in the Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14190\" class=\"elementor elementor-14190\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e03eff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e03eff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-971e775\" data-id=\"971e775\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bb979 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32bb979\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Living with Dignity citizen network is pleased with the decision of the members of the <i>Commission de la sant\u00e9 et des services sociaux<\/i> who chose on June 9 to put an end to the study of Bill 38 (reminder of our press releases of <a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">May 28<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2022\/06\/exclusion-public-hearings-bill-38\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.assnat.qc.ca\/fr\/video-audio\/archives-parlementaires\/activites-presse\/AudioVideo-95911.html\">To view the official press briefing announcing the news<\/a>&nbsp;(part in English at 33:05.<\/p>\n<p>In the minutes following these statements by Quebec parliamentarians, Living with Dignity reacted via Twitter by emphasizing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vivredignite\/status\/1534990762563227648\">the wisdom of the decision<\/a>&nbsp;(in French).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4221ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4221ed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72c0506\" data-id=\"72c0506\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e197c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54e197c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Sage d\u00e9cision. Nous serons l\u00e0 \u00e0 l&#8217;automne pour poursuivre la r\u00e9flexion sur <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PL38?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PL38<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BvSvZF1Byp\">https:\/\/t.co\/BvSvZF1Byp<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Vivre dans la Dignit\u00e9 \/ Living with Dignity (@Vivredignite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vivredignite\/status\/1534990762563227648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63f6936 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63f6936\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-207881f\" data-id=\"207881f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93cc89a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93cc89a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;\">In order to keep track of the various interventions of<br \/>opponents who expressed their views on many aspects of the bill, here they are<br \/>below:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">La dignit\u00e9 humaine, un rempart \u00e0 la d\u00e9mentophobie (Human dignity, a bulwark against dementiaphobia), by F\u00e9lix Pageau, geriatrician<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/29203d860a10447d9161091f43ec8370__7C___0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/29203d860a10447d9161091f43ec8370__7C___0.html<\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>Projet de loi 38: plut\u00f4t qu\u2019anticiper la mort, choisir d\u2019aimer et d\u2019\u00eatre aim\u00e9 (Bill 38: Rather than anticipating death, choose to love and beloved), by professor emeritus Thomas De Koninck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesoleil.com\/2022\/06\/07\/projet-de-loi-38-plutot-quanticiper-la-mort-choisir-daimer-et-detre-aime-fe1a9f7a4f1da9f51816c99c41280780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lesoleil.com\/2022\/06\/07\/projet-de-loi-38-plutot-quanticiper-la-mort-choisir-daimer-et-detre-aime-fe1a9f7a4f1da9f51816c99c41280780<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Advance directives for assisted death a recipe for abuse, by Catherine Ferrier, geriatrician\u00a0<a href=\"Advance directives for assisted death a recipe for abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/opinion\/opinion-advance-directives-for-assisted-death-a-recipe-for-abuse<\/a><\/p><p>Pourquoi cherche-t-on toujours \u00e0 \u00e9largir l&#8217;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l&#8217;aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir? (Why are we always seeking to expand access to medical assistance in dying?),<br \/>by Liette Pilon, physician<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2022\/06\/10\/pourquoi-cherche-t-on-toujours-a-elargir-lacces-a-laide-medicale-a-mourir\">https:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2022\/06\/10\/pourquoi-cherche-t-on-toujours-a-elargir-lacces-a-laide-medicale-a-mourir<\/a><\/p><p>Du suicide assist\u00e9 (Regarding Assisted Suicide, by Mathieu Brouillet, physician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/opinion\/lettres\/716664\/du-suicide-assiste\">https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/opinion\/lettres\/716664\/du-suicide-assiste<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 19.2px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Turning human rights upside down with advance requests for MAiD, by Trudo Lemmens, professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/impactethics.ca\/2022\/06\/08\/turning-human-rights-upside-down-with-advance-requests-for-maid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/impactethics.ca\/2022\/06\/08\/turning-human-rights-upside-down-with-advance-requests-for-maid\/<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Le respect des droits acquis (Respect for acquired rights), by Louis Bernard, former Secretary General of the Government<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/opinion\/lettres\/720147\/le-respect-des-droits-acquis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/opinion\/lettres\/720147\/le-respect-des-droits-acquis<\/a><\/p><p>Brief by five Quebec geriatricians, Jos\u00e9 A. Morais, Pierre J Durand, F\u00e9lix Pageau, Donald M Doell and Catherine Ferrier <a href=\"https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/brief-submitted-to-the-committee-on-health-and-social-services-commission-de-la-sante-et-des-services-sociaux-studying-bill-38-an-act-to-amend-the-act-respecting-end-of-life-care-and-other-legislat\">https:\/\/collectifmedecins.org\/en\/brief-submitted-to-the-committee-on-health-and-social-services-commission-de-la-sante-et-des-services-sociaux-studying-bill-38-an-act-to-amend-the-act-respecting-end-of-life-care-and-other-legislat<\/a><\/p><p>Public interventions by members of the Quebec Coalition for Access to Palliative Care (see bottom of page, in French)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqsp.org\/coalition\">https:\/\/www.aqsp.org\/coalition<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Also to be kept in mind, Minister Dub\u00e9 seemed to demonstrate in the Parliamentary Commission on June 8 a major shift of great concern: the opening to MAiD by advance request in cases of happy dementia.<br \/>See the clip (in French): <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vivredignite\/status\/1534635510865477634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vivredignite\/status\/1534635510865477634<\/a>. Full exchange at<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> 24:55 (in French) <a href=\"http:\/\/assnat.qc.ca\/fr\/video-audio\/archives-parlementaires\/travaux-commissions\/AudioVideo-95851.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/assnat.qc.ca\/fr\/video-audio\/archives-parlementaires\/travaux-commissions\/AudioVideo-95851.html<\/a><\/span><\/p><p>Living with Dignity will be back after the October 2022 provincial election to speak out on behalf of all its allies.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/get-involved-2\/donations\/\">To support our mission<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/about-us\/declaration\/\">sign our manifesto<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Living with Dignity citizen network is pleased with the decision of the members of the Commission de la sant\u00e9 et des services sociaux who chose on June 9 to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14203,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190\/revisions\/14203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}