The Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, intends to table and adopt in the coming weeks a bill extending death medical assistance to people with disabilities.
That’s what he said Thursday in response to Liberal David Birnbaum’s question. Note that there are only 11 days of parliamentary work before the end of the 42nd legislature.
This is a file that is actually at the top of my office pile, Mr. declares. Dubé in the Blue room. I asked the team of government law experts to prepare the bill.
Last Thursday, members of the Special Commission on the evolution of the Law relating to end-of-life care increased pressure on the Minister by reminding him that he was one until midnight.
They were accompanied to a press conference by 42-year-old author Sandra Demtigny, who herself suffers from an early and hereditary form of Alzheimer’s.
Together, they encouraged Mr. Dubé to follow up the commission’s report to allow people suffering from Alzheimer’s, for example, to submit an initial request for medical assistance in death.
In Quebec, right now, you have to be able to consent when you get theMAwithout exception.
The bill, it is in preparation, it is about to be submitted to the various councils, ministerial committees [et au] Council of Ministerssaid Christian Dubé on Thursday.
I repeat this in front of everyone today, it will be tabled and if there is consensus of the opposition, we will still be able to vote on it before the end of the session.He added.
Mr. Dubé is currently piloting three health bills, namely Bill 11 (family physicians), Bill 19 (health information) and Bill 28 (health emergencies).
Source: Radio-Canada
