432-00180 Health
Arnold Viersen
End-of-life care,Health care system,Palliative care
PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
  
    WE, THE UNDERSIGNED RESIDENTS OF CANADA, draw the attention of the House to the following:
    THAT in the 41st Parliament, the House of Commons unanimously passed a motion calling on the Government to create a national strategy on palliative care to ensure every Canadian has access to high quality palliative care at the end of life;
    THAT in Carter v Canada (AG), the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that competent and consenting adults who have a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring and intolerable suffering should be allowed to access physician-assisted suicide/euthanasia;
    THAT it is impossible for a person to give informed consent to assisted suicide/euthanasia if appropriate palliative care is unavailable to them. THEREFORE your petitioners call upon Parliament to establish a National Strategy on Palliative Care.