{"id":7292,"date":"2017-12-31T16:36:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T21:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/?p=7292"},"modified":"2018-10-12T17:12:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T21:12:24","slug":"news-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/news-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"News in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7292\" class=\"elementor elementor-7292 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f9ee18e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f9ee18e\" 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-21507a55\" data-id=\"21507a55\" 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-5abfed27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5abfed27\" 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<ul><li><strong>December 14, 2017<\/strong>: According to a study published by the CISSS of Laval, 77% of physicians who received a request from a patient for assisted suicide refused to participate in the process citing conscientious objection. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/actualites\/sante\/201712\/13\/01-5147076-aide-medicale-a-mourir-beaucoup-de-medecins-refusent-de-ladministrer.php\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<em>and<\/em> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/0ccc0916-ded2-4f0e-80a8-9d7e996e7b0d__7C___0.html\">here<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><strong>December 14, 2017<\/strong>: According to preliminary data submitted to the CIUSSS Board of Directors of the Estrie-CHUS, an additional 19 people received medical aid to die in 2017 compared to 2016. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1073089\/nombre-aides-medicales-mourir-hausse-ciusss-estrie-chus\">Read more<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><strong>November 28, 2017<\/strong>: The Elder Abuse Help Line receives an increasing number of calls.\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1070010\/appels-denoncer-maltraitance-aines-ligne-aaa-abus-financiere-revenus?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Read more<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><strong>November 27, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0V\u00e9ronique Hivon calls on Quebec Justice Minister St\u00e9phanie Vall\u00e9e to reconsider her decision, and ask the Court of Appeal to clarify the notion of &#8220;reasonably foreseeable death&#8221; in the federal law on medical assistance in dying. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesoleil.com\/actualite\/sante\/aide-medicale-a-mourir-hivon-en-appelle-a-vallee-015aa8cfce4069205c7f2b99bf2264d4\">Read more<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/li><li><strong>November 16, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0The Quebec government will not ask the courts to clarify the &#8220;reasonably foreseeable death concept&#8221; contained in the federal law on assisted suicide, as it had called for in March. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequotidien.com\/actualites\/politique\/aide-medicale-a-mourir-barrette-perd-face-a-vallee-f905c37c0211e2f800104061d6f67211\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>October 31, 2017: <\/strong>The Association of Caregivers of the Capitale-Nationale (APACN) unveiled the results of a survey on the perception of caregivers of assisted suicide. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/lapacn-devoile-les-resultats-dune-etude-sur-les-proches-aidants-et-laide-medicale-a-mourir---aide-medicale-a-mourir--une-decision-dabord-humaine-654289673.html\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>October 26, 2017: <\/strong>Some Quebec patients receive assisted suicide without fulfilling the criteria. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesoleil.com\/actualite\/laide-medicale-a-mourir-recue-sans-y-avoir-vraiment-droit-2e5e17e2ceeb1adb7b9a5227265685e9\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>October 26, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0The Commission on end-of-life care tables its second annual report in the National Assembly. According to the report some patients were euthanaised without being entitled to it.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/assisted-dying-cases-have-jumped-282-since-last-year-report\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>October 24, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Health minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette faces criticism as a growing number of Quebec doctors quit the public system.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/barrette-blamed-as-number-of-quebec-doctors-quitting-medicare-rises-to-410\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>October 12, 2017:\u00a0<\/strong>The Minister of Health and the Minister for Seniors will remain in place following the cabinet reshuffle. The Council for the Protection of the Patients is concerned and calls for a law on long-term care. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/le-conseil-pour-la-protection-des-malades-reclame-une-loi-sur-les-soins-de-longue-duree-650577803.html\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>October 9, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Activists complain of a growing problem of a lack of mental-health services due to cuts in the Quebec health system.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/lack-of-mental-health-services-a-growing-problem-in-quebec-activists\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>September 29, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0According to a study led by Sherbrooke University, 91% of caregivers believe that Quebec\u2019s medical aid in dying law should be extended to cover incapable\u00a0people who are terminally ill, have signs of distress, and have a written. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatornet.com\/careful\/view\/quebec-moves-slowly-toward-euthanasia-for-dementia\/20494?utm_source=MercatorNet&amp;utm_campaign=1fc0907e0b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_e581d204e2-1fc0907e0b-124669871\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>September 28, 2017<\/strong>: According to the most recent report from the Quebec Ombudsman, home care services have been reduced in Quebec. <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/quebec\/quebecs-poor-vulnerable-hurt-by-red-tape-reforms-ombudsmans-report\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>September 21, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0According to a study led by Sherbrooke University, 91% of caregivers believe that Quebec\u2019s medical aid in dying law should be extended to cover incapacitated people who are terminally ill, have signs of distress, and have a written. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/91-of-caregivers-want-medical-aid-in-dying-law-expanded-to-alzheimer-s-patients-study-1.3600877\">Read more here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/most-caregivers-favour-assisted-dying-for-alzheimers-patients-survey\">here<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><strong>September 21, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Several doctors have stopped practicing in residential and long-term care centers (CHSLDs) in recent months, a consequence, according to some professionals, of the health reform of Minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette. <a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1057118\/penurie-medecins-chsld-quebec?fromBeta=true\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>August 30, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0A woman has filed a complaint with a Quebec agency alleging that her husband was denied antibiotics to treat an infection after doctors determined it was better to let him die because he had cancer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicregister.org\/item\/25944-wife-alleges-quebec-doctor-let-her-husband-die\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>August 29, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Health Minister Ga\u00e9tan Barrette is not at all shaken by the reluctance of the Quebec minister of Justice and says his government must overcome this internal opposition and stand before the Court of Appeals. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/le-soleil\/actualites\/sante\/201708\/29\/01-5128692-aide-medicale-a-mourir-barrette-tient-au-recours-devant-les-tribunaux.php\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>August 28, 2017:\u00a0<\/strong>The Minister of Justice, St\u00e9phanie Vall\u00e9e, is reluctant to ask the courts to clarify the concept of &#8220;reasonably foreseeable death&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/le-soleil\/actualites\/sante\/201708\/27\/01-5128094-aide-medicale-a-mourir-un-renvoi-en-cour-dappel-moins-certain.php\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>August 23, 2017:\u00a0<\/strong>While Quebec and Ottawa are exploring the possibility of expanding medical aid to die, the act is still very controversial for many physicians in the country. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journaldequebec.com\/2017\/08\/23\/laide-medicale-a-mourir-divise-encore\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>July 25, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0According to Irene Demczuk, General Coordinator of the Regroupement des Assistants Naturels du Qu\u00e9bec, there is not enough support for caregivers in Quebec. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/societe\/justice\/504164\/la-detresse-silencieuse-des-proches-aidants?utm_source=infolettre-2017-07-25&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=infolettre-quotidienne\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>July 13, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0After a very large increase in 2016, the number of requests for euthanasia decreases slightly in Quebec\u00a0according to partial data. However, all requests for euthanasia made in Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue and C\u00f4te-Nord were accepted. <a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1044733\/ralentissement-demandes-aide-medicale-mourir-quebec?isAutoPlay=1\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1045062\/la-region-a-accepte-toutes-les-demandes-daide-a-mourir?fromBeta=true&amp;fromBeta=true\">here<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><strong>July 10, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Independent members of the Board of Directors of the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) announced their resignation, deploring Minister Barrette&#8217;s refusal to &#8220;engage in dialogue&#8221; with them. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journaldemontreal.com\/2017\/07\/10\/demission-en-bloc-de-10-membres-du-ca-du-centre-universitaire-de-sante-mcgill-cusm#cxrecs_s\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>July 7, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Michel Cadotte, man accused of killing his wife, is granted bail before his trial. <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/michel-cadotte-accused-of-killing-his-ailing-wife-granted-bail\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a><em> and\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/beta\/news\/canada\/montreal\/michel-cadotte-2nd-murder-charge-granted-bail-1.4194460\">here<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><strong>June 15, 2017: <\/strong>Bail\u00a0hearing for Michael Cadotte, alleged killer of his wife who suffered from Alzheimer&#8217;s. Defense lawyers argue that his actions were carried out &#8220;in compassion&#8221;. <a href=\"\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/she-died-in-dignity-man-accused-of-killing-his-ailing-wife-tells-bail-hearing\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/montreal-man-accused-of-killing-his-ailing-wife-has-bail-hearing\">here<\/a><\/em><\/li><li><strong>June 13, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Lawyer Jean-Pierre M\u00e9nard is challenging before the courts the cases of two people living with disabilities who were refused the assistance of a physician to kill themselves, requesting the removal of the \u201creasonably foreseeable death\u201d clause of the federal law as well as the \u201cend of life\u201d requirement in the Quebec law.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/montrealers-file-legal-action-contesting-restrictions-on-medical-aid-in-dying-1.3458814\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>May 16, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0The secretary of the College of Physicians, Dr. Yves Robert, publishes an open letter to express his reluctance to expand assisted dying. <a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/civicrm\/civicrm\/extern\/url.php?u=2569&amp;qid=\"><em>Read more here<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/vivredignite.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/civicrm\/civicrm\/extern\/url.php?u=2566&amp;qid=\">here<\/a><\/li><li><strong>April 14, 2017:<\/strong> Quebec is the first province to consider the\u00a0controversial proposal\u00a0of euthanasia by advance consent. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/dementia-advocates-push-for-advance-consent-for-doctor-assisted-death-1.3369187\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>March 24, 2017:<\/strong> Ga\u00e9tan Barrette announces measures designed to fuel the debate on a possible extension of the <em>Act Respecting End-of-life Care<\/em>, in particular for the incapacitated, but also potentially for people living with chronic diseases. Among other things, he\u00a0amends the Commission&#8217;s mandate on end-of-life care to analyze euthanasia refusals. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/elargissement-de-laide-medicale-a-mourir---le-ministre-barrette-propose-des-mesures-pour-alimenter-la-reflexion-617028144.html\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>March 20, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0The Quebec government has cut funding for educational activities that allowed future family physicians to receive specialized mental health training. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/societe\/sante\/494363\/sante-mentale-moins-de-formation-pour-les-medecins-de-famille?utm_source=infolettre-2017-03-20&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=infolettre-quotidienne\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>March 17, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0The lawyer of the\u00a0Montrealer accused of killing his Alzheimer wife believes that it will be up to society and the court to decide whether it is a murder or an aid to die. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lactualite.com\/actualites\/euthanasie-lavocate-dun-montrealais-accuse-de-meurtre-souhaite-sa-liberation\/\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>March 16, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Requests for euthanasia have risen in Bas-Saint-Laurent. <a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1022646\/aide-medicale-a-mourir-demande-bsl\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>March 14, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0During the first year of the new law in Quebec, a total of 461 people have died by euthanasia. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/procedures\/assist017.aspx#qbn-01\">Full statistics here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/medical-assisted-death-cases-first-year-1.4023851\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>February 23, 2017:<\/strong> Health Minister Gaetan Barrette opens\u00a0the door for public debate on extending assisted suicide to patients unable to give consent; such as those with Alzheimers. <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/quebec-opens-door-to-expanding-end-of-life-law-to-alzheimers-disease\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>February 21, 2017:<\/strong> A man allegedly suffocated his 60-year-old spouse allegedly to end the suffering of his wife who was suffering from advanced stage Alzheimer\u2019s.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/suspect-charged-with-murdering-woman-at-montreal-nursing-home\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>February 1, 2017: <\/strong>Businessman Alexander Taillefer pleads for Quebec to invest more to prevent suicide online\u00a0as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqps.info\/semaine\/\">27th Suicide Prevention Week<\/a>\u00a0with the theme\u00a0&#8220;<em>Suicide is not an option<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/actualites\/sante\/201702\/01\/01-5065222-quebec-doit-investir-plus-pour-prevenir-le-suicide-dit-alexandre-taillefer.php\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>January 22, 2017: <\/strong>A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/local-news\/majority-of-health-workers-are-stressed-out-union-says\">survey<\/a>\u00a0reveals that the majority of health workers are stressed out.<\/li><li><strong>January 17, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0A patient\u2019s rights advocate argues that there are harsher consequences for mistreating animals than humans in Quebec. <a href=\"http:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/elder-abuse-bill-not-as-tough-as-animal-abuse-laws-says-advocate-1.3244808?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><strong>January 14, 2017:<\/strong> Quebec bioethicists publish an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioedge.org\/bioethics\/canadian-bioethicists-call-for-organ-donor-euthanasia\/12146\">article<\/a>\u00a0calling for organ donation after euthanasia.<\/li><li><strong>January 10, 2017:<\/strong>\u00a0The number of cases of euthanasia in Quebec exceeds expectations (again).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1010086\/aide-medicale-mourir-quebec-augmentation-demandes-loi\"><em>Read more<\/em><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\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>\nDecember 14, 2017: According to a study published by the CISSS of Laval, 77% of physicians who received a request from a patient for assisted suicide refused to participate &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[842],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-quebec-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292","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=7292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7299,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292\/revisions\/7299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}