A B.C. woman speaking out about “deathcare” being easier to access than adequate healthcare is sending shockwaves throughout the country, with many saying her experience is a potent example of the slippery slope of expanding access to MAiD.
Bill C-7 is a matter of life and death The bill allows for differential treatment based solely on disability by extending access to medical assistance in dying to persons with a disabling condition, but whose death is not reasonably foreseeable. (Pexels photo)
The value of Canada’s stock on the global human rights market is about to plummet. In what could be considered a perverse sense of timing, the House moved for closure on Bill C-7 – which proposes fundamental changes to criteria for medical aid in dying (MAiD) – on the very week that marks the eleven-year anniversary of Canada ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The bill now returns to the Senate for what will likely amount to a final vote on the path to Royal Assent.
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Catherine Frazee testified that disabled Canadians need support to live with dignity rather than assistance in dying.
New York Times columnist Elizabeth Bruenig, in a moving and personal column on coming to terms with her epilepsy, tells the story of her daughter inquiring about why chopping onions burns her eyes. This is how onions protect themselves, Bruenig explained. “Every living thing wants most of all to live.”
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York Times columnist Elizabeth Bruenig, in a moving and personal column on coming to terms with her epilepsy, tells the story of her daughter inquiring about why chopping onions burns her eyes. This is how onions protect themselves, Bruenig explained. Every living thing wants most of all to live.
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