We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following:
Whereas:
- Many reports, including media stories and evidence received by Parliamentary committees, indicate a serious problem of veterans, people with disabilities, seniors, and those living in poverty being offered MAID/euthanasia by bureaucrats when they are trying to access unrelated public services. These repeated unprompted offers can cause serious distress, be coercive in nature, and make it more difficult for people to access public services that they are entitled to.
- CEO of Inclusion Canada Krista Carr has testified before the Finance Committee that she hears weekly complaints from people with disabilities who have had facilitated death proposed to them when they are trying to access other public services.
- Christine Gauthier, a veteran living with a disability, spent five years trying to get funding for a wheelchair lift from Veterans Affairs Canada. A case worker at the department offered her facilitated death instead. This is one of many instances of case workers at Veterans Affairs proposing MAID to Canadian heroes who are looking for completely unrelated supports.
- Bill C-260, the Care Not Coercion Act, or The Preventing Coercion of Persons Not Seeking Medical Assistance in Dying Act, would prevent instances of coercion in which a bureaucrat offers medically facilitated death to those who are not asking for it.
Therefore, we, the undersigned, call on the Government of Canada to:
- Support Bill C-260, the Care Not Coercion Act.
- Support additional action to combat the growing problem of MAID coercion.