{"id":2328,"date":"2016-01-25T12:29:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2018-05-29T15:36:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T19:36:35","slug":"vol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/vol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 72px; line-height: 20.8px;\">Q u i - v\u00a0i v e \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><strong style=\"font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2em;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2em;\">Living With Dignity Newsletter<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0 Vol. 2<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"line-height: 1.6em; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/files\/civicrm\/persist\/contribute\/images\/Photo Aubert_site.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 217px; margin-top: -20px; margin-bottom: -20px; float: left; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid;\" src=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/files\/civicrm\/persist\/contribute\/images\/Photo%20Aubert_site.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<table style=\"height: 407px;\" width=\"512\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"color: #000080; line-height: 1.6em;\">A Word from the Director<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 30pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">In the last weeks, we have witnessed several quite extraordinary turnarounds. The articles of the Quebec law concerning \"medical aid in dying\" were first suspended by the Quebec Superior Court, then the suspension was lifted pending the decision of the Court of Appeal that is hearing the case today, December 18. In the meantime, impossible to guarantee full immunity to doctors who would venture on the path of euthanasia which is still incompatible with the Canadian Criminal Code. It remains to be seen whether the Court of Appeal will reject the government's request by extending the suspension until the entry into force of a federal law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 30pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">Meanwhile, I would like to take the opportunity of this time of the year to thank you warmly for your continued support and your numerous messages that encourage us in this fight to preserve human solidarity and promote true health care accessible to all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px; margin-left: 30pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\">On behalf of the entire team of\u00a0<em>Living with Dignity<\/em>, I wish you a Merry Christmas, a very Happy Holiday Season and\u00a0a Happy\u00a0New Year!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"opacity: 0.9; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px; width: 120px; height: 30px; float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/files\/civicrm\/persist\/contribute\/images\/Signature%20Aubert.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>News in Quebec<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>December 1st<\/strong>: The Quebec Superior Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/quebec-end-of-life-care-1.3345572\">renders inoperative all the articles of the Quebec Act related to \"medical aid in dying\"<\/a>, which were to take effect on December 10, declaring them incompatible with the Canadian Criminal Code until the Federal Government implements a new law to frame the decision of the Supreme Court to legalize assisted suicide in Canada. The judgment also points out <a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2015\/12\/the-superior-court-calls-the-government-of-quebec-to-order\/\">the use of a euphemism in Quebec law<\/a> to hide that it is human euthanasia.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>December 9<\/strong>: the <a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2015\/12\/court-authorizes-quebec-to-appeal-the-decision-of-the-superior-court\/\">Quebec Court of Appeal allows the Quebec Government to challenge the judgment<\/a> of the Superior Court at a hearing on December 18.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>December 10<\/strong>: given the temporary suspension of the judgment of the Superior Court pending the decision of the Court of Appeal, the Quebec Government announces that the articles related to \"medical aid in dying\" are coming into force pending the verdict of the Court of Appeal, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmpa-acpm.ca\/en\/web\/guest\/-\/what-the-supreme-court-of-canada-decision-on-physician-assisted-dying-means-for-physicians\">cannot guarantee total immunity to doctors who participate in a process of euthanasia<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>December 18<\/strong>: hearing of the Government of Quebec appeal regarding the incompatibility of its articles related to \"medical aid in dying\" with the Criminal Code of Canada. The decision of the Court of Appeal is expected soon but at this point we do not know the exact date.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>News in Canada<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>December 4:<\/strong> the Federal Government requests from the Supreme Court of Canada a six months extension of the February 6, 2016 deadline to legislate on assisted suicide.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>December 13<\/strong>: publication of the report of the Provincial-Territorial Advisory Group, responsible for making recommendations to the Federal government, in which it <a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2015\/12\/provincial-territorial-group-seeks-death-on-demand-for-all-even-for-children\/\">advocates death on demand even for children<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>January 11, 2016<\/strong>:\u00a0hearing on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.gc.ca\/web\/article-en.do?nid=1023509\">the request of the Federal government for an additional six months<\/a> to have time to rewrite the law related to assisted suicide.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Our publications of the month (French and English)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Why such impatience:<\/strong>\u00a0the defiant attitude of our politicians is putting Quebec doctors and healthcare institutions in situations where they will commit or sanction acts that are legally liable to prosecution. <a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2015\/11\/why-such-impatience\/\">Read the article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Que vaut la vie humaine<\/strong>: Marc Beauchamp (pr\u00e9sident de Vivre dans la Dignit\u00e9) fait un lien tr\u00e8s touchant entre les attentats de Paris et le m\u00e9pris de la vie humaine que l'on retrouve derri\u00e8re l'euthanasie.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/9440611d-3289-4a71-8da0-b7eb1ab5365c%7Ciu88NuPuy0mZ.html\">Lire l'article\u00a0&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>What happened to the other side of the coin<\/strong>:\u00a0Aubert Martin examines media coverage of the debate on euthanasia in Quebec by asking several questions that remain without response.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2015\/12\/what-happened-to-the-other-side-of-the-coin\/\">Read article\u00a0&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Provincial-Territorial Group seeks death on demand for all (even for children)<\/strong>:\u00a0we read with dismay the final report of the Provincial-Territorial Advisory Group that has no other goal than the unfettered promotion of euthanasia and assisted suicide throughout Canada with the intention of mandating death on demand for everyone\u2026 even for children.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/2015\/12\/provincial-territorial-group-seeks-death-on-demand-for-all-even-for-children\/\">Read article\u00a0&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Press Review\u00a0(French and English)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>The absurd logic of assisted suicide<\/strong>: normalizing suicide requires us to set aside all prior assumptions except the most absurd ones. It rushes past all sorts of distinctions that might once have seemed important \u2014 between killing yourself and killing someone else, for example. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/full-comment\/andrew-coyne-the-absurd-logic-of-assisted-suicide\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>The dangerously contagious effect of assisted-suicide laws<\/strong>:\u00a0legalizing assisted suicide in other states has led to a rise in overall suicide rates \u2014 assisted and unassisted \u2014 in those states.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-dangerously-contagious-effect-of-assisted-suicide-laws\/2015\/11\/20\/6e53b7c0-83fb-11e5-a7ca-6ab6ec20f839_story.html\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Reality TV for toffs: The Economist and euthanasia<\/strong>: suicide contagion and media responsibility.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\/careful\/view\/how-should-the-media-cover-euthanasia-responsibly\/17186\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>How Belgium went down the slippery slope of assisted suicide<\/strong>: scenarios that opponents of legal assisted suicide have conjured for decades but\u00a0dismissed as a slippery slope arguments.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/561172\/how-belgium-went-down-slippery-slope-assisted-suicide\">Read article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Fiction \u00e9vent\u00e9e<\/strong>: le suppos\u00e9 consensus a \u00e9t\u00e9 obtenu \u00e0 coup d\u2019euph\u00e9mismes.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/02265fcf-28ae-49ec-90ae-a86cc8b4be4b%7C_0.html\">Lire l'article\u00a0&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Mourir comme projet de soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/strong>:\u00a0cet \u00e9trange droit qu\u2019a reconnu la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise\u00a0en dit beaucoup sur le nihilisme dans lequel nous croyons apercevoir le visage du progr\u00e8s.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2015\/12\/17\/justin-trudeau-insulteur-multirecidiviste\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>La piq\u00fbre qui tue du ministre Barrette<\/strong>: l'erreur du Dr\u00a0Barrette au sujet de la morphine.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/le-soleil\/opinions\/points-de-vue\/201512\/07\/01-4928811-la-piqure-qui-tue-du-ministre-barrette.php\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">Exiger d'un soignant un tel acte de mort est une forme de \"prise d'otage\".<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atlantico.fr\/decryptage\/euthanasie-pourquoi-exiger-soignant-tel-acte-mort-est-forme-prise-otage-fondee-presuppose-discutable-bernard-marie-dupont-2440887.html\">Lire l'article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Videos to watch\u00a0(French and English)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Man of Steel (5:16)<\/strong>: fighting\u00a0the most aggressive form of brain cancer for his wife, his son, and his life\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Fo2uNqKMR8\">watch &gt;&gt;<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Life Is Good - Steve Saling's Story (15:07)<\/strong>: living a good life with ALS through creative solutions\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mgYeTy8qNyY\">watch &gt;&gt;<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>L'euthanasie au Canada (5:08)<\/strong>: t\u00e9moignage d'une famille qui appelle\u00a0\u00e0 dire non \u00e0 l'euthanasie (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z1a2tsk_jZI\">voir &gt;&gt;<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; color: #000080; line-height: 1.6em;\">To make a donation is... to take action!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Our organization would not exist without the support of people who share our vision of human solidarity and our mission to promote good palliative care for all. With your contribution, we can act on your behalf by advocating in person (conferences, panels), in the media (interviews, articles, press releases), and on social networks (blogs, website, Facebook, Twitter). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Thus, by contributing, you are directly participating in defending future generations, especially vulnerable people, threatened by euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Thank you for your active support!<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/donations\/\">Donate now\u00a0&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.<br \/>\nQ u i &#8211; v\u00a0i v e \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0Living With Dignity Newsletter<br \/>\n\u00a0 Vol. 2<\/p>\n<p>A Word from the Director<br \/>\nIn the last weeks, we have witnessed several quite extraordinary turnarounds. The articles of the Quebec law concerning &#8220;medical aid in dying&#8221; were first suspended by the Quebec Superior Court, then the suspension was lifted pending the decision of the Court of Appeal that is hearing the case &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[607,735],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qui-vive-living-with-dignity-newsletter","category-735"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328","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\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5559,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions\/5559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}