This is who the anti-MAiD MI-SUMC co-chairs of AMAD invited to testify. Not… the people whose rights they recommended Parliament take away. Shameful really.

MAiD in Canada@maidincanada.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition deliberately shared these MAiD disinformation posts on Facebook. This is an organization that appears before Parliament and intervenes in major court cases involving MAiD. That privilege should be forfeited. They clearly cannot be trusted in this debate.

Kelsi Sheren says she’s being demonetized, censored, and targeted because of her views on MAiD. But there’s a difference between being silenced for your views and being held accountable for the things you choose to say publicly. Sometimes, your own words provide the necessary context.

Kelsi Sheren Says She’s Being Silenced. Is It Censorship—or Accountability?

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Your courage and generosity of spirit in doing this will definitely help others. Thank you!

Just Me@mennonite.bsky.social · last wk.

I've opened an extremely private medical procedure to researchers and the press. I could say it's because I want to make this more transparent for people. I could say it's because I want the government to face the absurdity of the situation. How much of that is just justification, I'll never know.

I've opened an extremely private medical procedure to researchers and the press. I could say it's because I want to make this more transparent for people. I could say it's because I want the government to face the absurdity of the situation. How much of that is just justification, I'll never know.

Much of Tucker Carlson’s two-hour interview with Kelsi Sheren was devoted to repeating the same misleading claims about MAiD that we have heard many times before. However, a few notably different claims caught our attention—and we thought they warranted a closer look.

This Week (or so) in MAiD Misinformation - The Tucker Carlson Edition

This week in MAiD misinformation is dedicated to Tucker Carlson, who interviewed a familiar Canadian purveyor of misinformation and conspiracy theories about MAiD.

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A false claim can be made in seconds. Correcting it may take months. Mr. Friesen of the EPC claimed that the American Association of Suicidology denied any distinction between MAiD and suicide. Six months later, the AAS republished a statement saying precisely the opposite, and more. Our latest:

How One False Claim Took Six Months to Correct

The American Association of Suicidology republishes its statement distinguishing MAiD from suicide—and illustrates one of the greatest challenges of combating misinformation.

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BC's Mental Health Act violates Charter rights (sections 7 and 15), court finds: You can't assume an involuntarily hospitalized person lacks capacity to consent or withhold consent to treatment. Win for disability rights activists: www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/2... ht @ivacheung.com

📣 The Aboriginal Sport Circle and Sport Integrity Canada have signed a Letter of Intent establishing a shared commitment to advancing a safe sport system that is culturally respectful, inclusive and responsive to the needs of Indigenous participants across Canada. sportintegrity.ca/news/aborigi...

Yet again, @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social captures the real and significant human costs of political manoeuvring about MAiD - this time through the multi-focal Alberta legislative attack on access to MAiD. albertaviews.ca/stealing-fre...

Danielle Smith's medical assistance in dying law - Alberta Views

Unable to access medical assistance in dying in Canada, the 89-year-old travelled to Switzerland to obtain the care denied to her here.

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@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social Can you help? As a former journalist and a current senator from Alberta...

MAiD in Canada@maidincanada.bsky.social · 3w ago

We need your help. Alberta continues to withhold records showing how the comment sections in its MAiD survey worked. Newly released records have only strengthened our concerns that access to written comments may have depended on how respondents answered the previous question.

📱Your DMs can be a space for manipulation. Know the signs. Sport Integrity Canada's video breaks down what national-level athletes need to know about staying safe online. 🔵 How to recognize manipulation in your messages 🟠 Steps you can take if something feels off 🔵 Where to get support

I hope she does consider the report because then she will see that the "Supplemental Opinion of the Liberal Party of Canada" suggested that MAiD for persons with sole mental illness is not necessary because they have options - buy fentanyl on the street and overdose. Shocking but true.

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 4w ago

Attorney-General’s lawyer asks court to consider parliamentary report on MAID for mental illness in case of 49-year-old woman seeking “emergency relief” to end her life, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Can a handful of deliberately selected, unusually complex MAiD cases tell us whether Canada's entire MAiD system is failing? That's the question at the centre of an exchange in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. With permission, we republish Dr. Konia Trouton and colleagues' response.

Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee- avoiding misunderstandings

Committee members respond to Ramona Coelho, David Shannon, and Trudo Lemmens

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E. Jean Carroll spent nearly a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.

France joins the ranks of jurisdictions allowing medical assistance in dying www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...

French lawmakers vote to allow assisted dying - UPI.com

France on Wednesday has approved a bill permitting adults suffering from a serious and incurable, life-threatening condition to seek assisted dying.

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@seanfraser.bsky.social. As you consider what you are going to do re: MAiD where mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition, look closely at the Table of Contents for the AMAD Report. It includes "Supplemental Opinion of the Liberal Party of Canada." ...

No championships, no trophies, no stars: How Norway made sport fun for kids. Country’s approach to sports prioritises joy while offering youngsters choice – and Erling Haaland’s World Cup exploits show that it works, by Jesse Gerritsen www.theguardian.com/football/202... via @theguardian.com

No league tables, no trophies: how Norway made sport fun for kids – and built a football team that beat Brazil

The country’s model prioritises joy while offering youngsters choice – and Erling Haaland’s World Cup exploits show that it works

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Is any journalist going to ask him whether he agrees with the "Supplemental Opinion of the Liberal Party of Canada" that says people with mental illness don't need access to MAiD as they can get illegal narcotics like fentanyl?

National Post@nationalpost.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'Direction is clear' on MAID, Carney says, after report recommends against expansion nationalpost.com/news/politic...

"'MAiD access for patients with mental illness will be a government decision,' Carney says." So decision will be to tell them no access to MAiD - instead they can die by suicide by using illegal narcotics like fentanyl??? That's what the "Supplemental Opinion of the Liberal Party of Canada" says...

These are the voices the Parliamentary Committee majority refused to hear before making their recommendation to "indefinitely exclude" them from access to MAiD (and breach their Charter rights). Holding out faint hope the Government will do due diligence before making decision on MAiD MI-SUMC.

Canadians with mental illness who saw MAID as an option feel abandoned: 'They've left me with nothing'

TORONTO - Betrayed. Dehumanized. Devastated.

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The Globe and Mail published our letter in response to Dr. Coelho calling for the government to further restrict and regulate MAiD. (The full text of our letter is reproduced at the end of our post.) The Globe limits letters to 150 words. Here, we expanded on the reasoning behind our response.

Medical Ethics Should Not Disappear When MAiD Is Involved

The Globe and Mail published our letter responding to Dr. Ramona Coelho’s piece calling for the government to take further steps to restrict and regulate MAiD.

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This should be good - Ben Colburn is thoughtful, rigourous, and well-informed.

The Royal Institute of Philosophy@triphilosophy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Professor Ben Colburn gives a brief introduction to our upcoming event, 'Legislating Assisted Dying: philosophical questions for policymakers' happening on (Thursday) 16th July. Follow this link to book your ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/legislatin... #AssistedDying #Law #Parliament #Philosophy

A reminder - if you read a claim about MAiD in Canada that seems troubling, check this site to see if it's just another example of the anti-MAiD misinformation campaign www.maidincanada2016.ca/misinformation

MAiD Misinformation — Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada

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False Claim: The French government is offering seniors MAiD instead of air conditioning www.maidincanada2016.ca/recent-maid-...

False Claim: The French government is offering seniors MAiD instead of air conditioning — Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada

Trudeau Lemmens recently reposted a claim suggesting that the French government is "offering older people euthanasia rather than air conditioning." While the claim may be emotionally compelling, it re...

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False Claim: Banning MAiD for mental illness will save “thousands of lives.” — Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada

Andrew Lawton claims that preventing MAiD for mental illness will save thousands of lives. That prediction is not supported by any evidence and is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of who could ...

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In its continuing campaign against 🇨🇦Canada’s enlightened MAID legislation, @TheGlobeandMail.com runs another screed from an anti zealot, the entire subtext of which is “stiff upper lip, bucko, keep on suffering intolerably or commit suicide if you like. The choice rejected by the SCC in 2015. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼

If we allow the National Post and Macdonald-Laurier Institute to have their way, SCOTUS becomes a model for what they want to do to the Supreme Court of Canada.

*men’s squad

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

this tournament is officially the best world cup performance by a squad in Canadian history

Carney: “There’s a report, after much deliberation and many testimonies. So, I think it’s significant. But this isn’t a personal matter; it’s a matter of the rights of Canadians, and the medical evidence and expert advice. So, we’ll make a decision, but it seems to me the direction is clear,”

'Direction is clear' on MAID, Carney says, after report recommends against expansion

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the decision on whether to expand eligibility for assisted dying is not a "personal matter.

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