Mr. Speaker, second, I am tabling a petition that raises significant concern about the existing euthanasia laws in Canada and in particular their pernicious effect on the quality of life of Canadians living with disabilities.
The petitioners observe that the existing euthanasia regime in Canada tacitly endorses the notion that life with disability is optional and by extension disposable. They note that offering medical assistance in dying, or euthanasia, as a “solution for disability or chronic illness” reduces incentives to improve treatment and care for those living with these conditions.
Finally, petitioners observe that disability advocates in Canada have uniformly expressed opposition to so-called “track 2” MAID.
Therefore, petitioners would like to see this House and the government protect all Canadians whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable by prohibiting euthanasia for those whose prognosis for natural death is more than six months.