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   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   On 07/06/2014 5:19 PM, {~_~}Раиса wrote:   
   > Once again, it's Quebec that leads the country by introducing   
   > legislation that will allow a person to die with dignity - and when that   
   > person chooses.   
   > For a province that so many rednecks and bigots want to vilify for a   
   > myriad of reasons, Quebec is a leader in social programs,   
      
   Runs a huge deficit and has a huge debt (the largest per capita in   
   Canada) and is a have not Province.   
   care for its   
   > young and its aged, and now for those who are too sick or in pain to   
   > want to continue living.   
   >   
   > When it was discussed on CBC this morning, there were references to many   
   > people who have said they would now consider moving to Quebec just to be   
   > able to choose their time of dying.   
   > And now, likely other provinces will follow suit with similar legislation.   
   >   
   > Take that! Harper government. Once again, the leader PM is forced to   
   > become a follower . . .   
   > ____________________________________________________   
   > The Canadian Press - Published Thursday, June 5, 2014   
   >   
   > Quebec national assembly passes right-to-die legislation   
   >   
   > QUEBEC -- Quebec's landmark right-to-die bill was adopted by a sweeping   
   > margin Thursday, making it the first legislation of its kind in Canada   
   > and setting up a potential legal challenge from Ottawa.   
   >   
   > Bill 52 carried the day by a 94-22 majority in what was a free vote for   
   > members of the national assembly.   
   >   
   > The legislation is officially dubbed "an act respecting end-of-life care."   
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   >   
   > MDs need to prepare for eventual legalized assisted suicide, some   
   > doctors argue   
   >   
   > It stipulates that patients themselves would have to repeatedly ask a   
   > doctor to end their lives on the basis of unbearable physical or   
   > psychological suffering. They would have to be deemed mentally sound at   
   > the time of the requests.   
   >   
   > The federal government has said it could challenge the legality of the   
   > legislation.   
   >   
   > Assisted suicide and euthanasia are illegal under Canada's Criminal Code   
   > and Ottawa has insisted it has no intention of changing that.   
   >   
   > Quebec politicians have argued that delivery of health-care services   
   > falls under provincial jurisdiction and has said it is on solid legal   
   > footing.   
   >   
   > The bill was originally introduced by the previous Parti Quebecois   
   > government last year but wasn't passed by the time then-premier Pauline   
   > Marois called the April 7 election in early March.   
   >   
   > The legislation, which had all-party support, was resurrected when the   
   > national assembly resumed sitting following the Liberals' election victory.   
   >   
   > "This is a law for people at the end of life and their families, but it   
   > is also a law for all Quebecers who want to have assurances that if the   
   > worst were to happen, they will be taken care of in the best way   
   > possible," the PQ's Veronique Hivon, who sponsored the bill, said Thursday.   
   >   
   > The bill had already passed numerous hurdles, including highly divisive   
   > public hearings in 2010 and 2011.   
   >   
   > A report from members of the legislature in 2012 suggested doctors be   
   > allowed in exceptional circumstances to help the terminally ill die if   
   > that is what the patients want.   
   >   
   > A panel of experts later concluded that provinces had the legal   
   > jurisdiction to legislate in matters of health.   
   >   
   > The legislation has three main components -- it aims to expand   
   > palliative care; sets protocols for doctors sedating suffering patients   
   > until they die naturally; and offers guidelines to help patients who   
   > want to end their pain.   
   >   
   > It refers to medically assisted death with a doctor administering   
   > medication to a terminally ill patient if they meet a host of   
   > requirements, including filling out a consent form and gaining the   
   > written approval of two doctors.   
   >   
   > "The adoption of this bill is four-and-a-half years of work, it's   
   > four-and-a-half years of dialogue with the public, four-and-a-half years   
   > of compassion," Health Minister Gaetan Barrette said Thursday.   
   >   
   > Read more:   
   > http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/quebec-national-assembly-passes   
   right-to-die-legislation-1.1855278#ixzz340CIGFXD   
   >   
      
      
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