Poilievre denounces veterans being offered assisted suicide
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Summary
The heroes that protect our country and go to Veterans Affairs to get the services to which they are entitled. This government is now racking up in an embarrassing and shameful record of having recommended medical assistance in dying. Can the Prime Minister, having had time now, tell us exactly how many veterans have been recommended that their lives come to an end?
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The heroes that protect our country and go to Veterans Affairs to get the
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services to which they are entitled. This government is now racking up in an
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embarrassing and shameful record of having recommended medical assistance
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in dying. At least, at least a half a dozen veterans now report that they have
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been advised that medical assistance in dying might be the best solution for
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them. Can the Prime Minister, having had time now, tell us exactly how many
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veterans have been recommended that their lives come to an end?
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This is from the Prime Minister who said that veterans are asking for more than he can give.
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This is from the Prime Minister. Is this the first Prime Minister who's ever presided
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over a Veterans Affairs Department that recommends that the heroes who
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served our country should get medical assistance in dying instead of being
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given a good life, the one that they have earned? One soldier, one former
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soldier, current veteran, actually said the policy is triple D, delay, deny and dead
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veterans. Mr. Speaker, the question is very specific. How many, how many veterans have
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been given the recommendation that they should go to medical assistance in dying?