Medical Assistance in Dying committee  I don't see the connection between being physically disabled and being able to think. It's as if physical and intellectual disabilities were perceived in the same way. That's the equivalent of what was said during debates on whether women, simply because they were women, were sma

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, absolutely. It's the very essence of a human being. It's the very essence of humanity. You have to be able to exercise your autonomy in a way that respects society. You have to be able to fully assume your autonomy, during life and at the time of death; there is no greater d

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Yes, absolutely. That's why I've been very active in advocating for it in Quebec. I don't think anyone wants to have to resort to MAID. We're all afraid of dying, but what we're most afraid of is how we're going to die and what type of agony we're going to have to face. Medical

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  It would be my pleasure, but that would be very short because I do believe that you don't need extra safeguards for MAID for people who are physically disabled. To believe that those people need extra safeguards means that because they are physically disabled, they are also, by

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Very well, yes. As you say, it would be very discriminatory. If someone meets all the criteria established by the Supreme Court in Carter, I don't see why their request would be treated differently or a decision would be made differently because they have clubbed feet or are mis

Medical Assistance in Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good evening, everyone. My name is Ghislain Leblond, and I am 77 years old. I had the opportunity to spend most of my career in the public service, including as associate deputy minister in Ottawa and as deputy minister in Quebec City. I had to retire at