Michael Barrett at the Medical Assistance in Dying Committee

On April 25th, 2022. See this statement in context.

April 25th, 2022 / 8:30 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Barrett Conservative Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, ON

Okay.

I believe that you said—and pardon me for paraphrasing—that palliative care does not hasten death and is internationally recognized as a practice distinct from MAID. Can you comment on the specific statement by Health Canada in that same testimony in our last meeting that MAID and palliative care are not separate?

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