Bill C-218

Routine Proceedings

…sent a petition on behalf of residents of Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North who write in support of Bill C-218, an excellent bill by my friend and colleague, the hon. member for Cloverdale—Langley City, which seeks to stop the expansion of medical assistance in dying to people with mental illness. We believe …

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…ng instead of suicide prevention treatment. Therefore the petitioners call upon Parliament to adopt Bill C-218, ensuring that mental illness is not classified as a grievous and irremediable condition for the purposes of MAID.

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…n dying. Therefore, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada call upon the House to support Bill C-218, which would reverse the law extending eligibility for MAID to those suffering from mental illness.

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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-218, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying). Mr. Speaker, imagine that someone's son or daughter has been battling depression for some time after losing their job or maybe due to…

Private Members' Business

…n imagine, New Democrats are very much in support of this. My colleague from London—Fanshawe tabled Bill C-218, which would also remove GST from psychotherapy services, and the bill is currently outside of the order of precedence. Another of my NDP colleagues tabled a bill for the very same thing in 2017, so …

Government Orders

…oria seconded an amendment by the BQ member for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert to delete the short title of Bill C-218.

Routine Proceedings

…example, from the last Parliament, pertained to two bills not identical, but substantially similar: Bill C-218, an act to amend the Criminal Code regarding sports betting, a private members' bill, and Bill C-13, an act to amend the Criminal Code regarding single event sport betting, a government bill. Both we…

Government Orders

… colleague raised with respect to the Speaker's ruling on February 18, 2021, concerns Bill C-13 and Bill C-218 respecting single sports betting. Both bills contain the same principle, that being to allow certain forms of single sports betting. The approaches contained in Bill C-13 and Bill C-218 were slightly…

Private Members' Business

…s is an important bill. In December 2021, I had the honour of introducing my private member's bill, Bill C-218 in the House. Interestingly, my bill would also have amended the Excise Tax Act to exempt psychotherapeutic services delivered by psychotherapists and counsellors from the goods and services tax. The…

Routine Proceedings

…ST requirement for all counselling therapists and psychotherapists. I have a private member's bill, Bill C-218, that would actually do just that. The signatories of this petition are calling on the government to make these changes in a budgetary bill so that they will not be charged GST.