Dr. Heidi Janz at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On November 10th, 2020. See this statement in context.

November 10th, 2020 / 12:55 p.m.

Chair, Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee, Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Thank you for the question.

I believe that those elements of the bill pose a particular risk to people with disabilities given the realities of medical ableism and the potential that people with disabilities, upon hearing repeatedly that they should want to hasten their death, then succumb to that message.

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