Executive Director,
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Tamara Jansen (MP - Cloverdale - Langley City) introduced private members Bill C-218 in the House of Commons to prevent (MAiD) euthanasia for mental illness alone by excluding mental illness from being considered a "grievous and irremediable medical condition" for the purposes of MAiD. This bill will prevent MAID for mental illness alone.
Sign our EPC petition: No MAiD for Mental Illness (Link).
Andrew Lawton (MP - Elgin - St Thomas - London South) is supporting Bill C-218 to prevent the implementation of MAiD for mental illness alone. In a recent video, Lawton explains that he experienced deep depression 15 years ago and nearly succeeded in dying by suicide. If MAiD for mental illness were permitted in 2011, he wouldn't be alive today.
Andrew Lawton (MP - Elgin - St Thomas - London South) is supporting Bill C-218 to prevent the implementation of MAiD for mental illness alone. In a recent video, Lawton explains that he experienced deep depression 15 years ago and nearly succeeded in dying by suicide. If MAiD for mental illness were permitted in 2011, he wouldn't be alive today.
When Canada expanded the euthanasia law in March 2021, one of the expansions in the law permitted euthanasia (MAiD) for a mental illness alone. At that time the government approved MAiD for mental illness alone with a two-year moratorium to provide time to prepare.
After two delays, the implementation of MAiD for mental illness alone is now scheduled for March 17, 2027. Bill C-218 will prevent the implementation of MAiD for mental illness alone.
For Bill C-218 to be successful, we will need stories from Canadians who have lived with, (or currently live with) mental health concerns and may have died by euthanasia (MAiD) if it had been available at that time. Contact us with your story at: info@epcc.ca
It is not easy to share stories, but the courage to share your suffering may lead to protection for other people.
A February 2023, Angus Reid Institute poll indicated that 31% of Canadians supported euthanasia for mental illness alone, with the highest support being in Quebec (36%) and the lowest support being in Saskatchewan (21%). A September 2023, Angus Reid Institute poll indicated that support for euthanasia for mental illness alone had dropped to 28% of Canadians.
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3 comments:
My husband had suffered from depression in the year 2000 . His Dr figured he planned on killing himself.The Dr offered help and through medication and programs my husband got better, I didn't become a widow. Our 3 girls got their father back .My husband became an abled and productive member of society ,raised our 3 daughters. We have 7 grandchildren abd we have a full life .Maid is not Healthcare. Maid is murder ,this just goes to show how devalued we have become to the people that are supposed to be here to help us
In the early 2000s I was profoundly depressed with no desire to continue to live. I was given antidepressants that gave me severe negative mental and physical side effects and no relief
from depressio/anxiety and sleep disorder. If a doctor had offered "help to sleep forever", I may have accepted Maid. Instead with prayer I found another psychiatrist who gave me a different medication together with encouragement and a referral to group therapy where I found hope and support for recovery. 20 years later I reflect back on a wonderful, productive healthy life with no relapse into depression. I thank God that I was not offered an "easy way out" that would have been murder.
Absolutely a disgusting practice, it only goes to prove that satan is in control of the liberal party and our medical industry. It is on the level of child sacrifice of the ancient myans and the horrific death camps of the nazis
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