ARCH Disability Law Centre has published several news articles and submissions on the topic of Medical Assistance in Dying. Below is a list of ARCH News, Submissions and Interviews on this topic.
ARCH News: Canadian Human Rights Commission issues statement on MAiD
Feb 23, 2024:
As Parliament decides whether to expand MAiD to people with a “mental disorder”, the Canadian Human Rights Commission reaffirms its deep concern that people with disabilities are receiving MAiD because they cannot access the basic supports and services they need to live with dignity.
ARCH News: Disability Rights Organizations urge Parliament not to expand Medical Assistance in Dying to People with Mental Health Disabilities
Feb 23, 2024
Disability Rights Organizations urge Parliament not to expand Medical Assistance in Dying to People with Mental Health Disabilities.
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ARCH Submission: Submission to Special Join Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying
November 16, 2023
ARCH made a submission to the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying regarding its study of whether Canada is ready for MAiD for people whose only disability is a “mental disorder”.
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ARCH Interview: ARCH lawyer interview for article about MAiD deaths
October 26, 2023
ARCH lawyer discusses concerns that the increase number in MAiD deaths could be contributed by barriers to health care, mental health supports, safe housing or disability services that people with disabilities need to live in the community.
Panel: COSP15 – Canary in a Coalmine: The Expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying/Euthanasia in Canada, A Warning to the Global Disability Community
June 16, 2022
This session discussed how Canada’s assisted dying legislation discriminates against people with disabilities, outlined how this is an alarming global trend, and built international solidarity. The virtual event took the form of a panel discussion, with short presentations from each panelist followed by an interactive discussion with participants.
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Submission to the Senate on Bill C-7 – Medical Assistance in Dying
November 27, 2020
Dear Senators,
ARCH Disability Law Centre (“ARCH”) makes this submission as part of your pre-study of Bill C-7 – An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).
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Submission – Vulnerable Persons Standard (VPS) on the Proposed Regulations for Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying (2018)
February 22, 2018
The Vulnerable Person Standard incorporates five evidence-based safeguards intended to protect the lives of Canadians. These safeguards aim to ensure that Canadians requesting assistance from physicians to end their life can do so without jeopardizing the lives of persons in circumstances that make them vulnerable to abuse, coercion, and inducement to suicide.
Submission – ARCH’s Submission on Bill C-14 Medical Assistance in Dying, 2016
May 02, 2016
Submission by ARCH Disability Law Centre to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights regarding Bill C–14 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (Medical Assistance in Dying)
Submission – ARCH Submission to the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying, 2015
November 02, 2015
This submission was offered to the Federal External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to the Supreme Court’s decision on physician-assisted dying in Carter v Canada. The issue of physician-assisted dying has provoked a wide range of responses from the various segments of the communities of persons with disabilities in Ontario.