Since the legalization of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the CSPCP has continued its focus on access to high quality for palliative care for all Canadians. Information on this aspect of our work is located in the Advocacy and Partnerships section of our web site.
Category Archives: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
CSPCP Members voice opinions about PC and MAiD
(Oct 2017) Many CSPSP members have been educating the public about palliative care, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), and the relationship between the two. In recent months, Dr. Sandy Buchman shared his views with Macleans magazine, and Dr. Craig Goldie’s wrote an article for The Conversation. These thoughtful articles demonstrate the range of views that physicians are taking as they adapt to a healthcare system where MAiD is legal.
Dr. Sandy Buchman: The doctor who took on death (Macleans; Aug 15, 2017)
Dr. Craig Goldie: Who will be the doctors of death in a time of assisted suicide? (The Conversation; Oct 2017)
Request to Sign Petition re Bill C-277 on Palliative Care
The CSPCP Board would like you to consider signing the petition supporting MP Marilyn Gladu’s Private Member’s Bill C-277.
This is an Act Providing for the Development of a Framework on Palliative Care in Canada, as described in the attached documents.
In Ms. Gladu’s words, “the bill is looking to create accessible, quality palliative care for all Canadians regardless of social, economic or geographical factors. Quality, compassionate care for all Canadians will provide vulnerable Canadians with dignity and care at end of life.”
“In light of the medically-assisted dying legislation, terminally-ill Canadians must also have the choice to live as well as they can, for as long as they can. The Government of Canada must assist Canadians with end of life care, including palliative options. I have enclosed a form letter which you may have your members send free of charge to their local Members of Parliament, as well as to the Prime Minister.
I would like to invite you to sign my online petition calling on the Prime Minister of Canada, as well as the Minister of Health, to act on the subject of palliative care and to make it accessible to all Canadians. Please share this petition with your colleagues and staff to help raise awareness for palliative care. I am looking forward to presenting this petition to the House of Commons as soon as possible. The petition can be found through this link, https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-425
Please feel free to contact me or my office anytime at Marilyn.gladu@parl.gc.ca or at 613-957-2649.
Sincerely,
Marilyn Gladu
Member of Parliament for Sarnia-Lambton
Letter to MPs re C-14 and C-277
(June 16, 2016). The CSPCP sent a letter to all MPs in Canada regarding one of the amendments to Bill C-14 that was proposed by the Senate. We also asked them to vote “Yes” for Bill C-277 “Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act”.
To read the letter click here
We encourage you to reinforce these messages by sending a similar letter to your own MP. Contact info is at http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members. Click the link and enter your postal code. Your MP’s name will come up. Click on the name, and his/her email address will be displayed.
CSPCP Recommendations re C-14
On May 1, 2016, the CSPCP submitted a written brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with suggested amendments to Bill C-14. We were also invited to give an in-person presentation, which was given by Dr. Monica Branigan, Board Member and Chair of the CSPCP Working Group on Hastened Death, on May 3rd.
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The same presentation was made by Dr. Branigan and CSPCP President Dr. Susan MacDonald to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on May 10th.
