Mr. Speaker, the second petition is signed by hundreds of residents of Kamloops, the Fraser Valley, Burnaby-Kingsway, other communities throughout British Columbia and beyond.
It calls on Parliament to amend the Criminal Code to ensure the right of all Canadians to die with dignity, by allowing people with terminal or irreversible and debilitating illness the right to the assistance of a physician in ending their lives at a time of their choice, subject to strict safeguards to prevent abuse and to ensure the decision is free, informed, competent and voluntary.