{"id":13235,"date":"2020-11-11T01:40:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T06:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/?p=13235"},"modified":"2020-11-25T16:15:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T21:15:22","slug":"submission-c7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivredignite.org\/en\/submission-c7\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Submission to the Federal Committee Studying Bill C-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On November 10, 2020, Living with Dignity shared with the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST) a brief regarding Bill C-7, whose passage would expand access to “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD \/ euthanasia) in Canada.<\/p>\n

You can read the PDF version of our brief in English<\/a> (also available in French<\/a>).
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Summary<\/i><\/p>\n

Our submission explores:<\/i><\/p>\n

1) the safeguards proposed to be abolished or modified by C-7
for persons who are at the end of life;
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2) the introduction by C-7 of
medical assistance in dying for those who are not at the end of life.
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Our main recommendations:<\/i><\/p>\n

1) There is no obligation for the government to change the safeguards for people who are at the end of life;
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2) limiting access to MAiD to persons who are not at the end of life.<\/i>

We are pleased to have been able to appear before this Committee on the same day, along with other expert resources, including several representatives of people living with disabilities in Canada.<\/p>\n

For the list of invited witnesses:
https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/43-2\/JUST\/meeting-6\/notice<\/a>
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To watch the session<\/a> (the presentation of our spokesperson and former president, Michel Racicot, starts at 12:43:22).

NEW – To watch our presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs<\/a>, by our Chairman of the Board (interim), Mr. Alex King, starting at 11:16:40).<\/p>\n

Thank you for your support!<\/p>\n

Do not hesitate to contact your federal policy makers and contact the media of your choice to make your views known on this bill that we hope will be strongly amended.<\/p>\n


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Reminder of our previous interventions about Bill C-7:<\/p>\n

Press release in February 2020<\/a>
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Press release in October 2020<\/a>
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