Madam Speaker, we said in several occasions that we have no more confidence in the Liberals than in the Conservatives, and for good reason.
Let me first mention a few contradictions. The government calls itself the champion of the free choice of pregnant women when it comes to making decisions about their own bodies, specifically under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, on the security of the person, and paragraph 2(a) of the Charter, on women's freedom of conscience and freedom of choice when it comes to a decision as personal as whether to terminate a pregnancy or not.
Then again, the self-proclaimed champion of freedom of choice just cannot bring itself to be the champion of freedom of choice when it comes to such a personal issue as the end of life. The government refuses to move forward with advance requests for people who are suffering and who will develop dementia.
That is why we cannot have confidence in a government that is out of touch with the 83% of Canadians and 87% of Quebeckers who support this measure. How does the member justify depriving people who are suffering of the ability to decide what to do with their own bodies once they have reached the point where they can take no more?