{"id":4410,"date":"2013-09-24T20:11:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T03:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2018-03-06T16:22:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T00:22:03","slug":"consulations-hearings-on-quebec-bill-52-quebec-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410","title":{"rendered":"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Raymonde Saint-Germain, Marc Andr\u00e9 Dowd, Michel Clavet<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 24 September 2013 &#8211; Vol.\u00a043 N\u00b0\u00a037 <\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Note:<\/strong> The following translation is the\u00a0 product of a first run through &#8220;Google translate.&#8221;\u00a0 In most cases it is\u00a0 sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is\u00a0 required to properly understand the text.<\/h5>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.assnat.qc.ca\/en\/travaux-parlementaires\/commissions\/csss-40-1\/journal-debats\/CSSS-130924.html\">Original Text<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<h3>Caution: machine assisted translation<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11 h (version non r\u00e9vis\u00e9e)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman)<\/b> <b>:<\/b> \u2026toutes les personnes dans la salle de bien vouloir \u00e9teindre la sonnerie de leurs t\u00e9l\u00e9phones cellulaires.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>The Chairman (Mr. Bergman) &#8230; everyone in the room to please turn off their cell phones ring.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coll\u00e8gues, la commission s&#8217;est r\u00e9unie afin de poursuivre les consultations particuli\u00e8res et auditions publiques sur le projet de loi n\u00b0 52, Loi concernant les soins de fin de vie.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Colleagues, the committee met to continue the special consultations and public hearings on Bill 52, An Act respecting the end-of-life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M. le secr\u00e9taire, y a-t-il des remplacements?<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Le Secr\u00e9taire<\/b> <b>:<\/b> Non, M. le Pr\u00e9sident.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman)<\/b> <b>:<\/b> Alors, coll\u00e8gues, on re\u00e7oit ce matin, le Protecteur du citoyen du Qu\u00e9bec, et je souhaite donc la bienvenue \u00e0 vous, Mme St-Germain et aussi vos coll\u00e8gues. Je vous demande de nous donner vos noms, vos titres, et vous avez 15 minutes pour faire votre pr\u00e9sentation, suivi d&#8217;un \u00e9change avec les membres de la commission. Alors, le micro, c&#8217;est \u00e0 vous, madame.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>The Chairman (Mr. Bergman): So, colleagues, we receive this morning, the Quebec Ombudsman, and I welcome you, Ms. St-Germain and also colleagues. I ask you to give us your name, your credentials, and you have 15 minutes to make your presentation, followed by a discussion with the members of the commission. So the mic is yours, ma&#8217;am.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Mme Saint-Germain (Raymonde)<\/b> <b>:<\/b> Merci, M. le Pr\u00e9sident. Je suis accompagn\u00e9e, \u00e0 ma gauche, du vice-protecteur, M. Marc-Andr\u00e9 Dowd et de M. Michel Clavet, \u00e0 ma droite, qui est conseiller expert au Protecteur du citoyen.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Ms. Saint-Germain (Raymonde): Thank you, Mr. President. With me, on my left, vice-patron, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Dowd and Michel Clavet, to my right, who is an expert advisor to the Ombudsman.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alors, M. le Pr\u00e9sident, Mme la ministre, Mmes, MM. les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, je vous remercie de votre invitation. Avant de commenter le projet de loi concernant les soins de fin de vie, je tiens \u00e0 souligner le travail remarquable qu&#8217;a accompli la Commission sp\u00e9ciale sur la question de mourir dans la dignit\u00e9. Les \u00e9lus membres de cette commission ont jet\u00e9 les bases d&#8217;une r\u00e9flexion s\u00e9rieuse qui permet de tenir, aujourd&#8217;hui, des discussions de grande qualit\u00e9 sur cet enjeu important auquel sont confront\u00e9s, au quotidien, les intervenants de la sant\u00e9, les personnes malades en fin de vie, et leurs proches. Je suis tr\u00e8s consciente du caract\u00e8re sensible de cet enjeu qui fait appel autant \u00e0 des arguments rationnels qu&#8217;\u00e0 des valeurs personnelles et \u00e0 des croyances intimes.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>So, Mr. President, Madam Minister, Mrs, Mr. members, I thank you for your invitation. Before commenting on the bill for care at end of life, I want to acknowledge the outstanding work of UNSCOM has accomplished on the issue of dying with dignity. The elected members of the committee have laid the foundation for a serious reflection that can hold today of high quality discussions on this important issue faced on a daily basis, the health care providers, sick people end of life and their families. I am very aware of the sensitive nature of this issue that appeals to all rational arguments that personal values \u200b\u200band beliefs intimate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pour ma part, j&#8217;ai fond\u00e9 ma r\u00e9flexion autour de quatre grands principes : la reconnaissance de l&#8217;importance fondamentale du droit \u00e0 la vie, le respect de l&#8217;autonomie de la personne, l&#8217;acc\u00e8s concret aux soins palliatifs de fin de vie, et le respect du droit des citoyens de mourir dans la dignit\u00e9. J&#8217;ai choisi d&#8217;aborder ensuite quelques pr\u00e9occupations concernant la qualit\u00e9 de la reddition de comptes et l&#8217;application du r\u00e9gime d&#8217;examen des plaintes dans le r\u00e9seau de la sant\u00e9 et des services sociaux. Apr\u00e8s une r\u00e9flexion approfondie qui a inclus l&#8217;examen des pratiques des autres pays qui se sont engag\u00e9s dans cette voie, je suis d&#8217;avis que l&#8217;\u00e9quilibre entre le respect des droits individuels, au premier chef, le respect de l&#8217;autonomie de la personne et celui de la protection des personnes vuln\u00e9rables se refl\u00e8te dans toutes les dispositions du projet de loi. Je note le respect des droits et de la libert\u00e9 de chaque m\u00e9decin, notamment en ne l&#8217;obligeant pas \u00e0 poser un acte m\u00e9dical qui irait \u00e0 l&#8217;encontre de ses valeurs et de ce que sa conscience lui dicte de faire. Notre analyse du projet de loi nous am\u00e8ne \u00e0 conclure qu&#8217;il pr\u00e9voit les pr\u00e9cautions essentielles pour assurer l&#8217;implantation de l&#8217;aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir de fa\u00e7on strictement balis\u00e9e et toujours dans le respect de la volont\u00e9 de la personne en fin de vie.<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>For my part, I started my thinking around four main principles: the recognition of the fundamental importance of the right to life, respect for the autonomy of the individual , the actual access to palliative end of life and respect the right of citizens to die in dignity. I chose then to address some concerns about the quality of accountability and the application of the complaint examination system in the network of health and social services. After careful consideration , which included the review of practices in other countries that have embarked on this path , I am of the opinion that the balance between respect for individual rights , first and foremost , respect for the autonomy of the person and the protection of vulnerable people is reflected in all the provisions of the bill. I note the rights and freedom of each doctor , including not requiring it to ask a medical procedure that would contradict its values \u200b\u200band what his conscience tells him to do. Our analysis of the bill leads us to conclude that it provides the essential precautions to ensure the implementation of physician-assisted death as strictly marked and always in accordance with the will of the person at the end of life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/\/procedures\/assist009-012.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Full Translation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raymonde Saint-Germain, Marc Andr\u00e9 Dowd, Michel Clavet Tuesday 24 September 2013 &#8211; Vol.\u00a043 N\u00b0\u00a037 Note: The following translation is the\u00a0 product of a first run through &#8220;Google translate.&#8221;\u00a0 In most cases it is\u00a0 sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is\u00a0 required to properly understand the text. Original Text Caution: machine assisted &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,32,162,925],"tags":[410],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-translations","tag-quebec"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raymonde Saint-Germain, Marc Andr\u00e9 Dowd, Michel Clavet Tuesday 24 September 2013 &#8211; Vol.\u00a043 N\u00b0\u00a037 Note: The following translation is the\u00a0 product of a first run through &#8220;Google translate.&#8221;\u00a0 In most cases it is\u00a0 sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is\u00a0 required to properly understand the text. Original Text Caution: machine assisted &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman&quot;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-25T03:11:17+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-07T00:22:03+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@consciencepro\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-25T03:11:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-07T00:22:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410\"},\"wordCount\":1061,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Quebec\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Assisted suicide\",\"Canada\",\"Euthanasia\",\"Translations\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410\",\"name\":\"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman - Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-25T03:11:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-07T00:22:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?p=4410#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project News\",\"description\":\"Service, not Servitude\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Protection of Conscience Project\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.consciencelaws.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ConscienceProject\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/consciencepro\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/consciencepro\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\r\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman - Protection of Conscience Project News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman - Protection of Conscience Project News","og_description":"Raymonde Saint-Germain, Marc Andr\u00e9 Dowd, Michel Clavet Tuesday 24 September 2013 &#8211; Vol.\u00a043 N\u00b0\u00a037 Note: The following translation is the\u00a0 product of a first run through &#8220;Google translate.&#8221;\u00a0 In most cases it is\u00a0 sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is\u00a0 required to properly understand the text. Original Text Caution: machine assisted &hellip; Continue reading \"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman\"","og_url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410","og_site_name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","article_published_time":"2013-09-25T03:11:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-07T00:22:03+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@consciencepro","twitter_site":"@consciencepro","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman","datePublished":"2013-09-25T03:11:17+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-07T00:22:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410"},"wordCount":1061,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["Quebec"],"articleSection":["Assisted suicide","Canada","Euthanasia","Translations"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410","name":"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman - Protection of Conscience Project News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-25T03:11:17+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-07T00:22:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4410#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52: Quebec Ombudsman"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","name":"Protection of Conscience Project News","description":"Service, not Servitude","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#organization","name":"Protection of Conscience Project","url":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Protection of Conscience Project"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ConscienceProject","https:\/\/x.com\/consciencepro","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/consciencepro"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4410"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4453,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4410\/revisions\/4453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4410"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=4410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}