{"id":4514,"date":"2013-10-09T03:06:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T10:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2018-03-06T16:15:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T00:15:51","slug":"hearings-on-quebec-bill-52professor-joceyln-downie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4514","title":{"rendered":"Hearings on Quebec Bill 52:Professor Joceyln Downie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Wednesday, 9 October 2013 &#8211; Vol.\u00a043 N\u00b0\u00a045<\/h3>\n<h5><strong>Note:<\/strong> The following translation is the product of a first run through <em>Google Translate<\/em>.\u00a0 In most cases it is sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is required to properly understand the text.\u00a0 Translation block numbers (T#) have been assigned by the Project as references to facilitate analysis and discussion.<\/h5>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Caution: raw machine translation<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h3>T#<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.assnat.qc.ca\/en\/travaux-parlementaires\/commissions\/csss-40-1\/journal-debats\/CSSS-131009.html\">Original Text<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\n<h6>(version non r\u00e9vis\u00e9e)<\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><i>\u00a0(Reprise \u00e0 12 h 16)<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman): Alors, Mme Downie, bienvenue \u00e0 notre commission, et nous sommes heureux de vous avoir avec la Commission des services de sant\u00e9 et sociaux. Et, comme vous le dites dans votre m\u00e9moire pour nous, c&#8217;est la d\u00e9mocratie \u00e0 son meilleur.<\/td>\n<td>001<\/td>\n<td><b>Le Pr\u00e9sident (M. Bergman)<\/b> <b>:<\/b> So, Ms. Downie, welcome to our commission, and we are happy to have you with the commission of health and social services. And, as you said in your memoire to us, this is the democracy at its best.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vous avez 15 minutes pour faire votre pr\u00e9sentation, suivie d&#8217;un \u00e9change avec les membres de la commission. Je voudrais donc vous demander de commencer d\u00e8s maintenant, nous donner votre nom avec vos titres, et vous commencer votre pr\u00e9sentation.<\/td>\n<td>002<\/td>\n<td>You have 15 minutes to make your presentation, followed by the exchange with the members of the commission. So I would ask you to begin now, give us your name with your titles, and you commence your presentation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mme Downie (Jocelyn): Merci beaucoup. Mon nom est Jocelyn Downie et je suis un professeur dans les facult\u00e9s de droit et de m\u00e9decine \u00e0 l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 Dalhousie.<\/td>\n<td>003<\/td>\n<td><b>Mme Downie (Jocelyn) :<\/b>Thank you very much. My name is Jocelyn Downie and I am a professor in the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tout d&#8217;abord, je tiens \u00e0 vous remercier de m&#8217;avoir invit\u00e9 \u00e0 m&#8217;adresser \u00e0 vous aujourd&#8217;hui. C&#8217;est, en effet, un processus m\u00e9morable, et je suis reconnaissant d&#8217;avoir l&#8217;occasion d&#8217;\u00eatre une partie de celui-ci.<\/td>\n<td>004<\/td>\n<td>First, I would like to thank you for the invitation to speak with you today. This is, indeed, a momentous process, and I am greatful to have the opportunity to be a part of it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deuxi\u00e8mement, je voudrais commenter [f\u00e9liciter] Mme Hivon pour introduire ce projet de loi et les autres membres du comit\u00e9 restreint de mourir dans la dignit\u00e9 pour le leadership dont ils ont pris sur la question.<\/td>\n<td>005<\/td>\n<td>Second, I&#8217;d like to comment [commend] Mme Hivon for introducing this Bill and the other members of the select committee on dying with dignity for the leadership they took on the issue.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/\/procedures\/assist009-032.aspx\"> <strong>Full translation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, 9 October 2013 &#8211; Vol.\u00a043 N\u00b0\u00a045 Note: The following translation is the product of a first run through Google Translate.\u00a0 In most cases it is sufficient to identify statements of interest, but more careful translation is required to properly understand the text.\u00a0 Translation block numbers (T#) have been assigned by the Project as references &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4514\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hearings on Quebec Bill 52:Professor Joceyln Downie&#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":[1197,410],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-translations","tag-jocelyn-downie","tag-quebec"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Hearings on Quebec Bill 52:Professor Joceyln Downie - 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