CdnPhysiciansforLife

Canadian physicians dedicated to the respect & ethical treatment of every human being, regardless of age or infirmity | For comment: [email protected]

[CdnPhysiciansforLife @CdnLifeDocs]

We're grateful to join as a signatory to this important letter

[Inclusion Canada @InclusionCA]

More than 90 disability and mental health organizations from across the country are registering their concerns about the further expansion of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law.

The groups are opposed to MAiD access being widened to people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness. They have shared this position in an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Justice Minister and Attorney General Sean Fraser, and Health Minister Marjorie Michel. The letter was copied to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD) comprised of MPs and Senators.

Inclusion Canada is one of the signatories to the letter. People with disabilities and mental illness who face poverty, housing insecurity, social isolation, and barriers to timely health care need help and hope — not MAiD.

Please share this letter with your local Member of Parliament and Senator and urge them not to expand assisted suicide and also repeal the discriminatory Track 2 pathway to MAiD that is only for people with disabilities.

Letter:
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Full press release: https://t.co/qQ8Cn9c57m

[CdnPhysiciansforLife @CdnLifeDocs]

Thank you to the medical students, residents, physicians, faculty, and donors who made our CPL Bioethics Symposium on Mental Health possible!

What a great weekend in Calgary!

[Tamara Jansen @TamaraJansenMP]

70,000 calls.

That’s how many Canadians reached out to 9-8-8 and mentioned psychiatric MAiD.

Even the national suicide line won’t refer them for assisted death.
Why?

Because they’re there to prevent suicide…not facilitate it.

So why is government policy moving the other way?

#MAiD #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #CdnPoli

[CdnPhysiciansforLife @CdnLifeDocs]

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[CdnPhysiciansforLife @CdnLifeDocs]

Reducing opposition to “moral or faith-based objections” does not capture or represent the diversity of reasons medical professionals do not want to participate in MAID. 1/5

[CdnPhysiciansforLife @CdnLifeDocs]

Attempting to compel physicians to end lives would not only violate their freedom of conscience but would also threaten their capacity for professional judgment and ethical practice. 5/5

[CdnPhysiciansforLife @CdnLifeDocs]

Some disabled Canadians have said that attempts to denigrate opposition to MAID as being faith-motivated amounts to “gaslighting.” 4/5

[Rebel News @RebelNewsOnline]

Seniors heading to the hospital for pain management are now being offered lethal injection instead of real care, as the ‘last resort’ becomes routine.

FULL REPORT by @TamaraUgo: https://t.co/SZ8UDsKOeC

[Amanda Achtman @AmandaAchtman]

📌 Seniors are being offered euthanasia unprompted
📌 Governments are mandating the falsification of death certificates
📌 Slovenia, Scotland, and Alberta offer signs of hope for a change of course
📌 Everybody deserves a culture where life is the default
https://t.co/X2sVEWu2ek

[Juno News @junonewscom]

A Montreal physician of 30 years is speaking out against Canada's assisted suicide policies, saying:

"Bill C-218 must be passed to halt euthanasia for individuals with mental illness… These people aren't seeking death—they're seeking relief from their suffering."

[Tamara Jansen @TamaraJansenMP]

She went to the hospital for help.

She says she was offered death.

Miriam Lancaster, 84, declined MAiD, got treatment, recovered—and went on to live a full life.

Now we’re expanding this system to mental illness?

That’s not care.

Call your MP. Support Bill C-218.

#cdnpoli #MAiD

[The Free Press @TheFP]

Medically assisted death has become normalized in Canada—and the consequences are disturbing.

@Writes__Code reports.

[Amanda Achtman @AmandaAchtman]

Canada is on the cusp of a “#MeToo moment” concerning euthanasia.

As stories of MAID coercion surface and family advocates speak out about having lost loved ones, more people are finding the courage to speak, even as victims endure being dismissed or disbelieved.

[People @people]

Woman, 84, Went to the ER for Pain and Claims a Doctor Suggested a Euthanasia Program Over Treatment https://t.co/W1PgJhDbiN

[National Post @nationalpost]

The Post's #frontpage for Saturday, March 28, 2026.

[National Post @nationalpost]

This B.C. woman was offered MAID before other treatments. She said no to death and went on to climb a volcano https://t.co/uCRaZHGBbT

[National Post @nationalpost]

Miriam Lancaster, 84, alleges that a doctor raised the option of MAID when she was taken by ambulance to the Vancouver General Hospital

She recovered fully after a month of rehab

https://t.co/6tmwZQPL3u

[Tamara Jansen @TamaraJansenMP]

What if your doctor decided whether you lived or died… by the flip of a coin?

At the MAiD committee, Dr. Sonu Gaind testified psychiatrists can be wrong up to 50% of the time predicting recovery.

And it can be impossible to tell suicidality from a MAiD request.

Life or death shouldn’t be guesswork.

#cdnpoli #MAiD #MentalHealth