Justice committee  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 o

Justice committee  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, t

Justice committee  Thank you for the question. I believe the consultation was moderately extensive; however, I believe that the consultation was geared towards a predetermined outcome. That is evident by the types of questions that were asked in the online survey and which seemed to be assuming tha

Justice committee  Madam Chair, it's Dr. Janz, please.

Justice committee  Justice committee, I appear before you as the chair of the Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, a national organization with a mandate to preserve and promote the human rights of people with disabilities. I feel compelled to spend a few