Care Not Coercion
The Preventing Coercion of Persons Not Seeking Medical Assistance in Dying Act.
Care Not Coercion
The Preventing Coercion of Persons Not Seeking Medical Assistance in Dying Act.
That’s why I’ve tabled Bill C-260, which would prevent people in positions of authority (excluding doctors and nurses) from offering medically facilitated death to those who are not asking for it.
If this issue matters to you, please sign up to show your support, share this website with your friends and family, and contact your MP to ask them to support this bill in the House of Commons.
— Garnett Genuis, MP
Stories of MAID Coercion
David Baltzer
Christine Gauthier
Tracy Polewczuk
David is a Canadian Armed Forces Veteran from St. Catherines. When he was suffering from PTSD, he reached out to Veterans Affairs Canada for help. Instead of offering support, they suggested he use MAID.
Tracy Polewczuk
Christine Gauthier
Tracy Polewczuk
Tracy lives with a condition that leaves her in constant pain, and she relies on daily home visits from caregivers. Tracy has been offered MAID twice by the people who are supposed to be helping her.
Christine Gauthier
Christine Gauthier
Christine Gauthier
Christine is a veteran who was injured in a military exercise. She spent five years trying to request a wheelchair ramp from Veterans Affairs. Instead of providing the support she needed, a case worker offered her MAID.
In Parliament
Krista Carr
Kelsi Sheren
Kelsi Sheren
Krista Carr is the CEO for Inclusion Canada and a voice for Canada’s disabled and vulnerable communities. As part of her advocacy, Krista has testified on parliamentary committees as well as having launched a lawsuit on the discriminatory practices of Track Two MAID.
Kelsi Sheren
Kelsi Sheren
Kelsi Sheren
During a hearing at the Veterans Affairs Committee, former CAF Artillery Gunner Kelsi Sheren testified that she knew of at least 20 veterans that had been offered MAID and some had even been pressured into accepting it. Alarmingly, she claimed that many had remained silent out of fear.
Mark Meincke
Kelsi Sheren
Mark Meincke
Mark Meincke is a veteran and host of a trauma recovery podcast for veterans. As part of his advocacy, he shares the stories of veterans who don’t wish to be named. Recently, he testified before parliamentary committee about a veteran who was offered MAID by someone at Veterans Affairs.