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<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n (<\/i>Douze heures)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman)<\/b> : <\/b>\u00c0 l’ordre, s’il vous pla\u00eet! \u00c0 l’ordre, s’il vous pla\u00eet! Alors, ayant constat\u00e9 le quorum, je d\u00e9clare la s\u00e9ance de la Commission de la sant\u00e9 et des services sociaux ouverte. La commission est r\u00e9unie afin de poursuivre les consultations particuli\u00e8res et les auditions publiques sur le projet de loi n\u00b0 52, Loi concernant les soins de fin de vie. Mme la secr\u00e9taire, y a-t-il des remplacements?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n The Chairman (Mr. Bergman): Order, please! Order, please! So, having established a quorum, I declare the meeting of the Board of Health and Social Services opened. The Committee met to continue the special consultations and public hearings on Bill 52, An Act respecting the end-of-life. Madam Secretary, there he has replacements?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n La Secr\u00e9taire<\/b> :<\/b> Non, M. le Pr\u00e9sident.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman)<\/b> :<\/b> Alors, coll\u00e8gues, nous recevons ce matin Vivre dans la dignit\u00e9…<\/td>\n <\/td>\n The Chairman (Mr. Bergman): So, colleagues, we receive this morning Living with Dignity …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n 12 h (version non r\u00e9vis\u00e9e)<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman)<\/b> :<\/b> \u2026sur le projet de loi n\u00b0 52, Loi concernant les soins de fin de vie.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n The Chairman (Mr. Bergman): … on Bill 52, An Act respecting the end-of-life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mme la secr\u00e9taire, y a-t-il des remplacements?<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n La Secr\u00e9taire<\/b> :<\/b> Non, M. le Pr\u00e9sident.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman)<\/b> :<\/b> Alors, coll\u00e8gues, nous recevons ce matin Vivre dans la dignit\u00e9. Alors bienvenue, vous avez 15 minutes pour faire votre pr\u00e9sentation et, s’il vous pla\u00eet, donnez-nous vos noms et vos titres. Et le prochain 15 minutes, c’est \u00e0 vous.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n The Chairman (Mr. Bergman): So, colleagues, we receive this morning live in dignity. So welcome, you have 15 minutes to make your presentation, please give us your names and titles. And the next 15 minutes, it’s up to you.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n M. Steenhout (Nicolas) :<\/b> Merci. M. le Pr\u00e9sident, Mme la ministre, mesdames et messieurs, je m’appelle Nicolas Steenhout. \u00c7a fait 20 ans que je travaille dans le domaine du droit des personnes handicap\u00e9es, avec un int\u00e9r\u00eat particulier dans le sujet de l’euthanasie. Me Racicot, \u00e0 ma toute droite, est avocat, a \u00e9t\u00e9 un associ\u00e9 de McCarthy T\u00e9trault jusqu’\u00e0 sa retraite. \u00c0 ma droite, ici, c’est Dr Marc Beauchamp, il est chirurgien orthop\u00e9dique, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 assistant-professeur \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, il fait de la recherche clinique et il a enseign\u00e9 la bio\u00e9thique au d\u00e9partement de chirurgie. Dr Beauchamp est le pr\u00e9sident de Vivre dans la dignit\u00e9.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Steenhout Mr. (Nicolas): Thank you. Mr. President, Madam Minister, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Nicolas Steenhout. It’s been 20 years since I worked in the field of disability law, with a particular interest in the subject of euthanasia. Mr. Racicot, my entire right, a lawyer, was a partner of McCarthy T\u00e9trault until his retirement. To my right, here is Dr. Marc Beauchamp, he is an orthopedic surgeon, he was assistant professor at the University of Montreal, it is of clinical research and taught bioethics at the Department of Surgery. Dr. Beauchamp is President of Living with Dignity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Vivre dans la dignit\u00e9 est un mouvement citoyen \u00e0 but non lucratif, areligieux et sans affiliation politique. \u00c7a a \u00e9t\u00e9 form\u00e9 en 2010. Vivre dans la dignit\u00e9 regroupe des milliers de personnes, pas juste des m\u00e9decins, mais des personnes de tous horizons. Notre mission est de d\u00e9fendre les droits inh\u00e9rents et inali\u00e9nables de chaque individu. Notre m\u00e9moire<\/strong><\/a> a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pos\u00e9 en fran\u00e7ais et en anglais. Et je passe la parole \u00e0 Me Racicot…<\/td>\n <\/td>\n Living with Dignity is a nonprofit citizen movement, nonreligious and non-partisan. It was formed in 2010. Living in dignity includes thousands of people, not just doctors, but people of all backgrounds. Our mission is to defend the inherent and inalienable rights of each individual. Our brief<\/strong><\/a> was filed in French and English. And I pass the floor to Mr. Racicot …<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n