Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the work that is going on currently in the community of Attawapiskat is an excellent example of how our government is responding to the principles behind Jordan's Principle in that we are working across jurisdictions. There is no question of whose responsibility it

Health  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada for its very hard work and collaboration with Health Canada on this matter. As the member has indicated, the federal program for thalidomide survivors has begun to provide financial support that wou

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member opposite for drawing attention to the fact that this is mental health awareness week. It is an important week for us to be talking about mental health. While she said it affects one Canadian in five, I would argue that every Canadian is in on

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member opposite for his question and for his relentless advocacy on behalf of communities like Attawapiskat that are in his riding. I find that the news out of a community like Attawapiskat is devastating. It is almost incomprehensible that children at

Health  Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to uphold, along with our government, the Canada Health Act. This government is taking federal leadership on health care. We uphold the Canada Health Act that underscores a number of principles, including accessibility, which ensures Canadian

Health  Mr. Speaker, we fully support the principles of the Canada Health Act, which seeks to ensure that all Canadians have reasonable access to medical and hospital services that are medically necessary based on need, not ability to pay. I am committed to working with our partners to

Health  Mr. Speaker, previously in the House, I have quoted Dr. Atul Gawande, who talks about the fact that people want not only a good death, but they want a good life to the very end. For that reason, I am so committed to palliative care, and so much more work needs to be done. When

Health  Mr. Speaker, an appropriate response to the problem of problematic drug use and prescription drug abuse needs to be comprehensive. There is no single strategy that will solve the problem, and there is no single drug that needs to be addressed. The problem of tamper-resistant opi

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to further conversations with my colleague about this. If there is anything we heard loud and clear, in a uniform way across the country, it was the matter of respecting the conscience rights of health care providers. We will continue to make sure th

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member has raised an important matter, and that is the reality that we need to have a legislative framework in place. The provinces and territories have spoken to me loudly and clearly about their desire to make sure we have a consistent approach across th

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to further conversation with the member about this matter. I will continue to discuss this with my colleague the Minister of Justice as well. I want to make sure that the member understands that physicians and other care providers make deeply complex

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, as my colleague knows, this is a bill to amend the Criminal Code. As such, the bill is prepared in that format. As he well knows, the matter of the care and delivery of care falls into the realm of provinces and territories. I have made the commitment to work with

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, that is an important question from the hon. member. I have reiterated, as he said, our commitment to ensure that we improve access to palliative care. Indeed, it would be my desire to see that every Canadian should access high-quality palliative care at the end of th

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured today to speak following on the comments made by my colleague, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, when she introduced Bill C-14, an act to amend the Criminal Code for medical assistance in dying. This is a historic debate on a mat

Physician-Assisted Dying  Madam Speaker, I am aware of the excellent work of Dr. Naylor and I am pleased that she has had such an illustrious career in palliative care. One of the reasons that we introduced Bill C-14 was the fact that Canadians need access to all options for care at the end of life. We a