Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to stand and speak in support of this bill, and very sincerely in support of this bill. Over my past experience as an MLA, the need for this kind of legislation has been brought to my attention in at least a couple of situations. Some of them, Madam Speaker, have been very painful or protracted situations that families have felt because family members have been incapacitated through illness or injury. The existence of this kind of legislation may have, and in these cases would very likely have, resulted in a much less painful and difficult situation for these families. So this is a very needed and necessary legislation. It's very welcome legislation. I believe also, Madam Speaker, that it will be welcomed by practitioners in the medical and the legal areas as well as individuals and families, because this will make the administration of their duties so much more straightforward and less painful in these situations. So this is good legislation and I look forward to dealing with it in standing committee, Social Programs, and reporting back to the House in the fall. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Bill Braden on Bill 7: Personal Directives Act
In the Legislative Assembly on May 30th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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