Consultations & hearings on Quebec Bill 52

September-October, 2013

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Bill 52

Bill 52 proposes to legalize euthanasia by physicians in Quebec.  Public hearings about the bill were held in September and October, 2013 by the Committee on Health and Social Services of the Quebec National Assembly.

Selected Presentations: Parallel Translations

• College of Physicians | Collège des médecins du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Federation of General Practitioners of Quebec | Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Federation of Quebec Medical Specialists | Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Medical Association | Association médicale du Québec 
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• College of Pharmacists of Quebec | Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Pharmacists Association of Health Facilities of Quebec | Association des pharmaciens des établissements de santé du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• College of Social Workers & Marriage & Family Therapists of Quebec | Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Association of Health and Social Services | Association québécoise d'établissements de santé et de services sociaux
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Association of Councils of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists of Quebec | Association des conseils des médecins, dentistes et pharmaciens du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Bar | Barreau du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec | Assemblée des évêques catholiques du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Ombudsman | Protecteur du citoyen
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Chamber of Notaries of Quebec | Chambre des notaires du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Physicians' Alliance for Total Refusal of Euthanasia | Collectif de médecins du refus médical de l'euthanasie
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice | Coalition des médecins pour la justice sociale
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Rally Against Euthanasia |  Rassemblement québécois contre l'euthanasie
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Living with Dignity | Vivre dans la dignité  
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Association for the Right to Die with Dignity | Association québécoise pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Ghislain Leblond, Yvon Bureau
• Provincial Association of User Committees | Regroupement provincial des comités des usagers 
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Council for the Protection of Patients | Conseil pour la protection des malades 
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Interprofessional Health Federation of Quebec  |  Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec 
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Alliance of Quebec Hospices |l'Alliance des maisons de soins palliatifs
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Michel Sarrazin Home |La Maison Michel Sarrazin
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Observatory for Aging and Society |l'Observatoire Vieillissement et Société
  • Brief  [French] [English]
•  Quebec Palliative Care Network |Réseau des soins palliatifs du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Canadian Cancer Society (Quebec Division) |Société canadienne du cancer, division du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Society of Palliative Care Physicians | Société Québécoise des Médecins de Soins Palliatifs
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• NOVA Montreal | NOVA Montreal
  • Brief  [French] [English]
•  Quebec Association of Gerontology | Association Québécoise de Gérontologie
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Commission on Human Rights and Youth Rights |Commission des Droits de la Personne et des Droits de la Jeunesse
  •  Brief  [French] [English]
• Professor Jocelyn Downie
• Professor Margaret Somerville
  •  Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Association of Clinical Ethicists | l'Association québécoise en éthique clinique
  •  Brief  [French] [English]
• Quebec Order of Nurses | l'Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec
  • Brief  [French] [English]
•  Institute for Care Planning | l'Institut de planification des soins
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Dr. Annie Tremblay, Dr. Pierre Gagnon 
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Palliative Home Care Society of Greater Montreal | 
  • Brief  [French] [English]
•  Committee of Legal Experts | Comité de juristes experts 
  • Brief  [French] [English]
• Final Remarks

Other Presentations (Untranslated)

• Quebec Association for Social Integration
• Quebec Association for Suicide Prevention
• Quebec Association of Advocacy Groups for Rights in Mental Health
• Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide and Euthanasia
• Federation of People First Movements
• Carpe Diem, Alzheimer Resource Centre
• Quebec Association of Retired Public and Parastatal Sectors
• Quebec Association for the Rights of Retirees and Pre-retirees
• Not Dead Yet
• Jean-Pierre Béland
• Hubert Doucet

Submissions from Groups/Persons Not Heard (Untranslated)

• Regional Conference Tables for Seniors Committees
• Christian Legal Alliance
• Quebec Office for Handicapped Persons
• Quebec Association of Retirees of Education and other Public Services
• Quebec Confederation of Organization of Persons with Disabilities
• Central Union of Quebec
• Collective for Dying in Dignity and Freedom
• Jocelyn St. Arnaud
• Roy Jacques
• Gaston Marcotte
• Nicole Gladu
• Euthanasia Prevention Coalition [English]
• Christian Medical Dental Association [French and English]

• Multiethnic Association for the Integration of Handicapped Persons