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Departure of Mr. Nicolas Steenhout

Vivre dans la Dignité announces with regret the departure of Mr. Nicolas Steenhout at the end of his mandate as Director General of our network. We are deeply grateful to Nicolas for his dedication and his achievements during the two years he has spent at the helm of VDD.

Until the arrival of a new director, our administrative assistant Mr. Aubert Martin will be in charge of all communications and ...

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AUG
2015

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Contact the Panel and share your point of view

The External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada has announced that it is suspending direct consultations during the election period and that it will resume direct consultations, as soon as practical, following the election on October 19th, 2015. The Panel has also announced its intention to continue a passive approach to consultation during the election period. This means that the web site (www.ep-ce.ca) will continue to receive submissions and the on-line consultation tool will ...

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AUG
2015

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A subtle but real form of coercion

A recent visit to a nursing home in Belgium reveals that residents are bombarded with the idea that euthanasia is a good choice. It was the "fortnight on 'end of life'". An admittedly important subject, but which must be discussed in a balanced way. Here, at the opening of the event, a video was presented, biased in favour of euthanasia. The rest of the program isn't objective either.

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JUN
2015

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Campaign “Give us time.”

A new campaign was launched to ask the federal government to invoke the notwithstanding clause to give Parliament more than a year to develop effective physician-assisted suicide legislation. See the campaign on the Give Us Time site.

Living with Dignity fully supports this campaign and encourages you to participate.

All you have to do is print, sign and mail the postcard. If you aren't in a position to print the ...

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APR
2015

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Contact elected officials

The Supreme Court of Canada gave the federal government one year to write an effective law on physician-assisted suicide. This is not enough.

Among others things, we request the federal government to invoke the notwithstanding clause and to establish a Royal Commission to study how best to respond to the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Carter case.

We must ensure that any response from the government will not abandon people and will protect ...

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