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Matlock, MB
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In this podcast the conversation is about assisting people with an intellectual disability with end-of-life planning. Take a listen and if you want, keep the conversation going... #podcast #planning #people #help #innovativelifeoptions lnkd.in/gk3MDRM7
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"Discussing MAID with veterans is not within the scope of the VAC, an agency in charge of the care of a population already at higher risk of suicide."
Expanded access to #MAiD with no safeguards will only result in more of these stories coming to light.
nypost.com/2022/08/22/canadi…
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"Disability advocates and academics are urging the joint committee examining #MAiD to stop dismissing the lived experiences of vulnerable Canadians as 'anecdotes.'"
Read the full article below (warning - paywall).
‘These are real people’: medical ethicist urges Parliamentarians to dig deeper on inappropriate MAiD applications, by @LeftHandStu #cdnpoli
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There's no excuse for offering #MAiD to a combat veteran seeking support for PTSD. "Euthanasia is rapidly becoming one of Canada's leading causes of death." As a result expanded access to MAiD with no safeguards, incidents like this are becoming common.
nationalpost.com/news/canada…
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Wistful tweeting…
It is rare that a politician knowingly takes a position that they know will cost them their district in order to defend democracy. @Liz_Cheney will be on the right side of history. My deepest respect.
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Alan was recently approved for #MAiD on the basis of only 1 health condition: hearing loss. "Alan was basically put to death," "Euthanasia cannot be a default for Canada’s failure to fulfill its human rights obligations,”
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Done some research and apparently words of inspiration / promises of a better day aimed towards Persons with Disabilities are not actually the same as them having food; safe and adequate housing; financial security; barrier free inclusion and timely access to necessary services.
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The final episode of @invinstitutions is out now! Ep 7: Life and Death in Canada's Institutions covers the expansion of MAiD and criminalization of #disability. Featuring Inclusion Canada’s Natalia Hicks, Catherine Frazee, and the @DJNO’s Sarah Jama.
invisibleinstitutions.com/in…
New fairy condo in the yard instagram.com/p/CfKu88vMGdp/…
A tiny violet butterfly resting on the chives in the meadow. @ Matlock, Manitoba instagram.com/p/CfABchBABbB/…
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Last week I reintroduced legislation to create a new Canada Disability Benefit. The CDB would be a federal income supplement for persons with disabilities that could greatly reduce poverty and help hundreds of thousands of people.
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Headline Politics | Minister Reintroduces Disability Benefit Bill – June 2, 2022 cpac.ca/episode?id=44a94b43-…
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"I strongly believe that you cannot advance with expansion have made until we've dealt with some of those issues. For example, 7% of the people living in our long term care facilities are younger, disabled people who have no other option but to live there...
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We've just been listening to Minister Qualtrough provide opening remarks at the Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion. We were pleased to hear her say that the framework legislation for the Canada Disability Benefit will be introduced in Parliament before the end of June
ALT Picture of Minister Qualtrough speaking into a microphone with a pink wall and portion of the Canadian flag appearing behind her. To her right is an ASL interpreter.
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"The Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness has it wrong on both MAiD and mental illness. At best, the panel is out of touch with reality and is blinded by its own biases. At worse, it is misleading the Canadian public on an issue of moral significance…” hilltimes.com/2022/05/23/mai…
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“If representation matters then why are we (disabled people) invisible in the media?”
In this op-ed, Nancy Hansen discusses the lack of #disability representation in pop culture and its impact on disability rights.
bit.ly/3sHuI58