Stop Euthanasia From Expanding This Year!
End 2024 Expansion: Euthanasia is not Mental Health & Drug Addiction Care!
End 2024 Expansion: Euthanasia is not Mental Health & Drug Addiction Care!
While 2024 has just begun, the looming euthanasia expansion for the mentally ill and drug-addicted is set to arrive in a few short months.
Here’s a quick recap of what has happened so far:
Just over two years ago, the Trudeau Liberal Government decided that people suffering from mental illness weren't eligible for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
They said, "Let's take two years to study this. We need safeguards, we need protocols."
Last year in May, they tabled the report from their Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness.
Due to increasing public backlash against this expansion, they were forced to delay the decision stating they needed more “time” to “study” the expansion.
So, they extended the exclusion of eligibility for another year. And that year is almost up!
The expansion is set for March 17.
From March 17 onwards, Canadians suffering from mental illnesses, battling addiction, or otherwise deemed “too burdensome” by the Canadian government will be eligible to apply and die via MAiD.
Veterans, people with diabetes, and individuals with eating disorders - are all being offered MAiD rather than the support they need.
One such example occurred back in 2022, when Paralympic army veteran, corporal Christine Gauthier, requested help with getting a wheelchair lift installed in her home but was instead offered euthanasia as a solution to her mobility challenges.
Another example was reported in December about a British Columbia (BC) woman, Allison Ducluzeau, who was diagnosed with abdominal cancer. She managed to find treatment in the United States, but when she went to the BC Cancer Agency for help to pay her medical bills, they refused because “the services [she] chose to receive in the U.S. would not have been the recommended treatment for [her] cancer diagnosis.”
Euthanasia is portrayed as one’s “choice” to “die with dignity”, while the truth is the government has given itself the legal justification to murder “unwanted” individuals.
Our elected politicians believe it is better to KILL our most vulnerable than to solve the issues of mental health and drug addiction.
Euthanasia accounts for an alarming 4.1% of all deaths in Canada in 2022. This is a staggering increase of 31.2% from the previous year. With 2023 gone and done, these numbers will rise again.
Euthanasia isn't a solution, it's politicians justifying eugenics!
Our most vulnerable citizens are being offered death instead of care.
And now, the government wants to extend this to individuals with mental illnesses and addiction issues.
Even those within the medical profession are horrified by this. Health Minister, Mark Holland, and Justice Minister, Arif Virani, received letters from seven of 17 chairs of psychiatry, urging them to hold off on expanding MAiD for mental illness.
These letters highlighted the lack of a clear definition for ‘irremediability’ and the lack of value of life for these vulnerable groups.
When we raised our voices last year, we managed to get the expansion delayed.
We can do it again and mount the pressure needed to defeat this euthanasia expansion once and for all.
If we do nothing, Canada will be one step closer to being fully formed into a pro-death dystopian where people are valued for their utility, not their humanity, and where doctors are not encouraged to heal their patients but rather offer death first before suggesting health care.
Let’s band together and send a clear message to our elected officials that Canadians want life-affirming health care, NOT doctor-prescribed death!
Demand Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet to stop the expansion of euthanasia to the mentally ill and drug addicted.
Sources:
Canada's MAiD program has gone "mad"
BC woman with cancer who was offered euthanasia, was successfully treated in the US.
Fourth annual report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada 2022
Euthanasia for drug addicts an outcome of euthanasia for mental illness
Canada’s euthanasia programme flirting with eugenics
Health Canada reports 13,241 assisted deaths in 2022 representing 4.1% of all deaths
Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) law
Canada to legalize euthanasia for DRUG ADDICTS with no other illness in March
Canada’s controversial euthanasia policies facing increasing scrutiny
'We're not ready': Psychiatrists clash as deadline for opening MAID for mental illness looms
Euthanasia advocates push for drug addicts to be approved for assisted suicide in Canada
Canada sees 31% increase in euthanasia and assisted suicide in one year
How Death Care Pushed Out Health Care
Paralympian claims Canada offered to euthanise her when she asked for a stairlift
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Stop Expanding Euthanasia!
To Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves François Blanchet, Minister of Justice Arif Virani, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks, and Minister of Health Mark Holland,
I am standing uncompromisingly against the impending expansion of euthanasia in Canada, slated for implementation on March 17, 2024.
Over two years ago, the Canadian Government deemed individuals with mental health struggles ineligible for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), choosing instead to undertake a two-year study on the issue.
It is alarming that, despite studying the societal ramifications of this expansion, the plan is to extend euthanasia to those battling mental illnesses and addiction in March.
Euthanasia legislation raises significant moral, ethical, and societal concerns; since it essentially categorizes our fellow Canadians who face psychological or substance-related struggles as people unworthy of care, rendering them eligible for assisted dying.
This perspective on the value of human life is grossly misguided and rooted in the terrible ideology that prefers elimination over compassion — the theories of eugenics that have directly led to countless genocides throughout human history.
In 2022 alone, euthanasia accounted for a staggering 4.1% of all deaths in Canada. This was a horrifying bump of 31.2% from the year before — a statistic that unequivocally illustrates the disturbing trend in our approach to life and death.
Euthanasia is not — and never will be — a solution. It is our duty to care for the vulnerable, not to change our laws so it is “legal” to end their lives to some are seen as “burdensome."
Countless psychiatric professionals expressed their concern about the lack of a clear definition for 'irremediability' and the government’s general disregard for the value of human life.
These psychologists and I ground our appeal in the inherent worth and dignity of every human being.
As elected public servants, I demand you end this expansion to Canada’s euthanasia laws.
History has shown us that the moment we dehumanize and discount the worth of an individual based on their perceived utility is the moment we lose our way as a compassionate society.
Let us not let history repeat itself.
The planned expansion of euthanasia targeting the mentally ill and drug-addicted is a dangerously regressive step. Instead of providing care, support, and healing, we are, quite chillingly, handing out a death sentence. This cannot stand.
I urge you to act. Stand up and affirm the value of taking care of human life in healthcare.
Stop allowing doctor-prescribed murder to take more vulnerable lives.
Sincerely,
Stop Expanding Euthanasia!
To Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves François Blanchet, Minister of Justice Arif Virani, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks, and Minister of Health Mark Holland,
I am standing uncompromisingly against the impending expansion of euthanasia in Canada, slated for implementation on March 17, 2024.
Over two years ago, the Canadian Government deemed individuals with mental health struggles ineligible for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), choosing instead to undertake a two-year study on the issue.
It is alarming that, despite studying the societal ramifications of this expansion, the plan is to extend euthanasia to those battling mental illnesses and addiction in March.
Euthanasia legislation raises significant moral, ethical, and societal concerns; since it essentially categorizes our fellow Canadians who face psychological or substance-related struggles as people unworthy of care, rendering them eligible for assisted dying.
This perspective on the value of human life is grossly misguided and rooted in the terrible ideology that prefers elimination over compassion — the theories of eugenics that have directly led to countless genocides throughout human history.
In 2022 alone, euthanasia accounted for a staggering 4.1% of all deaths in Canada. This was a horrifying bump of 31.2% from the year before — a statistic that unequivocally illustrates the disturbing trend in our approach to life and death.
Euthanasia is not — and never will be — a solution. It is our duty to care for the vulnerable, not to change our laws so it is “legal” to end their lives to some are seen as “burdensome."
Countless psychiatric professionals expressed their concern about the lack of a clear definition for 'irremediability' and the government’s general disregard for the value of human life.
These psychologists and I ground our appeal in the inherent worth and dignity of every human being.
As elected public servants, I demand you end this expansion to Canada’s euthanasia laws.
History has shown us that the moment we dehumanize and discount the worth of an individual based on their perceived utility is the moment we lose our way as a compassionate society.
Let us not let history repeat itself.
The planned expansion of euthanasia targeting the mentally ill and drug-addicted is a dangerously regressive step. Instead of providing care, support, and healing, we are, quite chillingly, handing out a death sentence. This cannot stand.
I urge you to act. Stand up and affirm the value of taking care of human life in healthcare.
Stop allowing doctor-prescribed murder to take more vulnerable lives.
Sincerely,
