Canadian Lawmaker Fights Canada's Plan to Euthanize Mentally Disabled People

Canadian Lawmaker Fights Canada's Plan to Euthanize Mentally Disabled People

A Canadian House member recently introduced a bill that would prevent the country’s euthanasia “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) program from allowing mental disorders to be a qualifying medical condition for euthanasia — an eligibility expansion the government is set to make by 2027. The preamble of Cloverdale-Langley City MP Tamara Jansen’s private bill C-218, which she introduced June 20, highlights that “Parliament considers that vulnerab…

Canadian pro-family group praises Conservative bill to ban assisted suicide for mentally ill

The Association for Reformed Political Action Canada endorsed Bill C-218 and called on MPs to repeal the expansion of Canada’s assisted suicide regime and recover pro-life values in the country.

Canada abolishes disabilities minister as assisted dying expansion continues

The decision of the Canadian government to abolish a government ministry for people with disabilities has been blasted as “a real slap in the face”, coming at the same time as the country’s euthanasia and assisted suicide programme continues to expand.  When Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his new cabinet, it was noted that no minister with responsibility for people with disabilities had been appointed. The post, which had previously been h…