Now is a critical time to engage with your Member of Parliament on the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide. At the end of February, a special parliamentary committee made a series of deeply troubling recommendations to Parliament on what our new laws should allow.
The EFC opposes any introduction of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. But the government is proceeding with legislation, so now is the time to work on imposing the strictest boundaries possible to ensure occurrences are rare.
The Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying has suggested far more expansive access to assisted death than expected. In fact, the committee recommends that Canada establish one of the most permissive regimes for hastening death in the world.