Bill C-218 up for debate
A bill to stop MAiD for mental illness will be debated in the House of Commons tomorrow. Please call or email your MP today to ask for support for Bill C-218, even if you have asked in the past.
Bill C-218 will be debated for an hour on September 23. MPs are expected to vote on whether to support the bill in principle on October 7. If Bill C-218 passes this vote, it will continue on to be studied by a parliamentary committee. If it does not pass this vote, it will be dropped.
The law allowing MAiD for mental illness was passed in 2021, with a delay built-in before the expansion would take effect. It has been delayed twice. This expansion of MAiD is now set to take effect in less than 6 months, on March 17, 2027, unless a bill is passed to stop it. Bill C-218 would reverse the law that allows MAiD for mental illness.
A parliamentary committee has recommended indefinitely pausing the expansion of MAiD for mental illness. The Justice Minister has been considering what he will do about MAiD for mental illness over the summer and has not yet said whether the government will follow the recommendation.
What can you do?
Please pray.
Contact your MP. Ask your MP to stop MAiD for mental illness and to vote for Bill C-218. See info and tips at TheEFC.ca/C-218.
Share with a friend. Many don’t realize the law to allow MAiD for mental illness has already passed and will take effect soon, unless a bill is passed to stop it.
How AI tools affect Christian faith formation
Did you know? Popular sermon preparation platforms now offer AI-assisted research and outline generation. As AI-assisted faith formation tools multiply rapidly, how can Christians discern between the beneficial and detrimental qualities of these new tools?
Writer Taylor Scott-Reimer shares some thoughts in the Sep/Oct Faith Today about where these tools do well and where they deserve our attention:
“There’s a deeper question underneath all this, one without an easy answer. As AI tools become more sophisticated, the voice they generate will become harder to distinguish from a human one. The devotional in your inbox may read as warmly as something a trusted mentor wrote. The sermon illustration may feel like it came from lived experience.
“What we’re being invited to develop, as Canadian Christians, is a kind of theological literacy for a new age. Not suspicion. The tools are real gifts. But the same discernment we’ve always been called to engage with any voice that speaks into our formation.”
Read more in the latest Faith Today.