Madam Speaker, the second petition I have is from Canadians from across the country who are concerned about the MAID regime here in Canada, or the government-assisted dying program. They are concerned that the lives of those who have a disability or chronic illness are not being valued, and they are concerned about the tacit endorsement of the notion that a life lived with a disability is optional or dispensable.
They are calling on the Government of Canada to protect all Canadians whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable by prohibiting medical assistance in dying for those whose prognosis for natural death is more than six months.