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15
MAR
2022
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Alliance communication, Blog, Call to action

Call to Action: Public Consultation by the Select Committee on the Evolution of the Act respecting end-of-life care

Dear friends,

The Quebec Select Committee on the Evolution of the Act respecting end-of-life care issued a news release (only available in French) on June 28th, 2021, announcing that it is entering the next phase of its tenure, which includes a public consultation.

The Committee has invited the public to express their views on the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) for people who are incapable of decision-making and for those whose only medical problem is a mental illness.

This is an incredibly important ...

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1
JUL
2021
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Alliance communication, Call to action

Urgent Call to Action – Support Alberta’s Bill 207

Dear members and supporters,

Bill 207, Conscience Rights (Health Care Providers) Protection Act passed its first vote on November 7th, 2019 and was debated yesterday by the Standing Committee of the Alberta Legislative Assembly.

A lack of public input was a major concern. The committee will debate again later this week, allowing a limited number of stakeholder presentations for each side and unlimited written submissions, to inform them of public opinion on the issue. 

Without adequate public support for ...

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19
NOV
2019
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Alliance communication, Blog, Call to action, Uncategorized

Call to action! Open letter to sign and share

Dear friends and colleagues, 

I am writing to bring your attention to a letter written by a group of medical professionals who are advisors to the Vulnerable Persons Standard  (http://www.vps-npv.ca/). The letter calls on the Attorney General of Canada to appeal a recent Quebec Superior Court decision that struck down the end of life criterion in Canada’s medical assistance in dying legislation. The authors are concerned about the far-reaching implications of this decision – both within medicine and ...

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3
OCT
2019
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Blog, Call to action, Uncategorized

Call to action – June 2018

In view of the upcoming Quebec general election scheduled for October 1, 2018, we invite you, our colleagues and supporters, to join forces with many concerned groups and citizens to express to politicians and the media our deep concern about the woeful state of Palliative Care in Québec.

As you know, only about one-third of those who need expert palliative care at the end of their life receive it. When the Act respecting end of life care was adopted in 2014, ...

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22
JUN
2018
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Blog, Call to action