Witnesses say they were “routinely talked over, ignored, argued with and at times openly disparaged by committee members in favour of amplifying the ideology of MAID expansionists and pro-MAID lobby groups.”
OTTAWA — Dozens of experts who testified before the parliamentary committee reviewing Canada’s medical assistance in dying system are blasting what they say was a biased process.
Their alarm bells are the latest to be set off about Canada’s MAID regime. One planned expansion — allowing those with a mental illness as their sole condition to be eligible — has already drawn considerable criticism, while what the committee is recommending would expand access even further to covet certain minors, along with others.
He said the impetus for the letter was a concern not just that the committee process was flawed, but that not enough Canadians are aware of the scope of the proposed changes — and the potential damage they could do. At this point in the debate, Gaind said Canadians should be concerned about why the government is expanding access to MAID.
A parliamentary committee was the government’s response. It has since helped shape the legislative framework for physician-assisted deaths, starting with the first bill, known as C-14. A two-year delay was imposed before the mental illness provision was to be made available. The clock was supposed to run out this month, but the government is now pushing that deadline back by a year.
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