Media Release of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities

THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES DENOUNCES TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT’S RE-INTRODUCTION OF UNAMENDED BILL C-7 ON MEDICAL AID IN DYING AS “HEAD-IN-THE SAND MENTALITY” THAT ENDANGERS THE LIVES OF CANADIANS WITH DISABILITIES

ONTARIO – October, 2020 – The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national disability rights organization, is vehemently denouncing the Trudeau government’s re-introduction of  Bill C-7, a bill which extends access to Medical Aid in Dying ...

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Press Release – Bill C-7: we must take into account the lessons of the pandemic!

Montreal, October 5, 2020 

Facing the distress of people at the end of their lives, who are ill or living with a serious and incurable disability

Let’s take care of vulnerable persons before thinking of offering them “medical assistance in dying”

Following the re-introduction of Bill C-7, modifying the law on medical assistance in dying, the citizen network Living with Dignity (LWD) and the Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia (the Alliance) urge the federal government to take into account the lessons of the ...

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September 2020 Newsletter of the Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia

MUHC palliative care pioneer, Dr. Balfour Mount, gets his own commemorative stamp from Canada Post

Dear members and supporters,

After a longer-than-expected hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, we now resume our Newsletter.   We’re sure the past few months have been particularly strenuous for many of you, with new and increasing demands on your time and skills.

The pandemic has also brought clearly to light several serious concerns regarding the care ...

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A new web series from the Living with Dignity citizen network

Because Life is Worth Living 
Montreal, June 15, 2020 – As the governments of Canada and Quebec explore the scope of expanding medical assistance in dying, a euphemism for euthanasia, the citizen network Living with Dignity (LWD) proposes a new web series entitled “Because life is worth living”. The three videos in the series, which have been broadcast via its social networks over the past few weeks, are available as of today on the LWD website, Continue reading →
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Stopping the evil domino chain. March 2020 Newsletter of the Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia

Dear Friends,

A few short years ago, when we were first confronted with the possibility of euthanasia, many warned of a slippery slope that would lead to fearful unknown conclusions. Experience has shown that a better analogy would be that of falling dominoes, where it becomes obvious what reactions are to follow in this terrible chain of events.

For this is nothing like a sudden impetuous slide. ...

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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Alert from a growing number of Canadian physicians

“We are being bullied to participate in Medical Assistance in Dying”

Montréal, March 9, 2020 – The Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia has received reports that unwilling physicians are being pressured and bullied to participate in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): euphemism for euthanasia and assisted suicide.  Fearing reprisals, physicians have asked that no information that could identify them be disclosed.

The pressure has been intense for many physicians, especially amongst palliative specialists, ...

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PRESS RELEASE BILL C-7 and broadening Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada

For immediate release
Montreal, 26 February, 2020

Do we collectively seek the most permissive voluntary euthanasia program in the world?

Following Monday’s tabling of Bill C-7 in the Canadian Parliament, Living with Dignity and the Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia deplore this new chapter in a political approach leading step by step to death on demand for suffering people in Canada. Bill C-7, removes the requirement that a person receiving “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) be in a situation where ...

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Stopping the evil domino chain

Dear Friends,

A few short years ago, when we were first confronted with the possibility of euthanasia, many warned of a slippery slope that would lead to fearful unknown conclusions. Experience has shown that a better analogy would be that of falling dominoes, where it becomes obvious what reactions are to follow in this terrible chain of events.

For this is nothing like a sudden impetuous slide. Rather, it is a methodical succession of seemingly inevitable events. The excruciatingly slow progress of ...

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Medical aid in dying: an open letter from a schizophrenic

Courtesy translation of “Aide médicale à mourir: lettre ouverte d’une schizophrène” provided by the Physicians’ Allliance against Euthanasia

Renée Charron Author of the book “One day, I carried the world. My journey through schizophrenia…” («Un jour, j’ai porté le monde. Ma traversée de la schizophrénie»)

I learned the news and was, like many, in shock: Medical aid in dying would soon be available to people with serious mental disorders. Last Monday, I learned that Minister McCann backed down ...

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