Dr. Heidi Janz at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

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

November 10th, 2020 / 1:10 p.m.

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

Thank you.

I think any civil society is based on a delicate balance of individual rights on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. We have seen from our neighbours to the south what happens when individual rights take precedence over social responsibility. A lot of people die needlessly. Do we as a country want to take that approach to MAID? Because that is what Bill C-7 currently does: It makes us into the U.S.

Thank you.

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