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United Nations report says Canada should repeal MAID for people with non-terminal illness ctvnews.ca/health/article…

Canada now has same-day MAiD and it's not easy-to-read about. Thanks to Ontario's death review committee for doing this work Trudo Lemmens macdonaldlaurier.ca/rushing-to-dea…

NEW Catherine Frazee "An international body of independent human rights experts has called for sweeping reforms to Canada’s (MAID) regime....Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take this report seriously as we head to the polls" hilltimes.com/story/2025/04/…

Gaza ‘hell on earth’ as hospital supplies running out, warns head of Red Cross ctvnews.ca/world/israel-h…

What is the word for “inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life increasingly incompatible with their continued existence as a group”? Mélanie Joly Global Affairs Canada

For those interested in Canada's #MAID #Euthanasia developments, and what other countries can learn from it, my Oxford Anscombe Bioethics Centre 2025 Memorial lecture may be of interest. It is now online. U of T Law youtube.com/watch?v=KpBi3Z…

I have had the privilege of reading Gabrielle Peters 👩🏻‍🦽’s chapter: “Creating a Killable Class and Manufacturing Selective Suicidality: Thoughts of a Past and Future Ironing Board” Gabrielle’s chapter alone is worth every penny for the book “Unraveling MAiD in Canada” Check it out 👇

New York Times reports that Ford let a foreign spa company and PC-connected lobbyists dupe them into handing over a 95-year lease at Ontario Place and $2.2B public subsidies to Therme. Therme is broke and don't have the funds to develop anything let allow the most prestigious

How does a European spa company that only operates one spa squeeze a 95-year lease and $2.2B out of the Premier of Ontario? Auditor General ON and Integrity Ontario called the process “unfair and opaque.” This doesn’t pass the sniff test. What’s Doug Ford not telling us? #onpoli

Thread: DWDC’s Meta Ads. Laser‑Targeting Older Women for MAID?

Thrilled to share video of our Unravelling MAiD book launch, w/R Coelho & Trudo Lemmens, University of Toronto UofT Faculty Club earlier this week. We've generated transcript w/synchronized cc. youtu.be/-udwv3xhOAU TY for everyone's engagement. Precisely what is needed to counter the ableist

Mark Carney mocked concern about plastic straw bans, declaring them unworthy of serious people's attention. Which means he mocked and belittled disabled people & our accessibility. And lots of 'smug & superior' folks joined in. It hurt. I wrote about it. mssinenomineblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/car…

Many who see the heading and picure of this thoughtful blog go berserk without even reading it. This confirms the post: rampant lack of willingness among political parties to take disability concerns seriously

This may be of interest to Gabrielle Peters 👩🏻‍🦽 Sonu Gaind Trudo Lemmens

Try to reach campaign office Evan Solomon by e-mail but without success: question that w help inform my vote: will you & new lib gov take seriously UN Human Rights report calling for withdrawal track 2 MAID & strengthen protection? I can e-mail details canadianaffairs.news/2025/03/30/ext…

“Parties offer few details on plans for #MAID, despite UN criticisms” Meagan Gillmore reports on an issue parties remain remarkably silent about #disabilityjustice canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/24/par… via Canadian Affairs

“The Hidden Risks of Expanding Medical Assistance in Dying”, focusing on #MAID #euthanasia #mentalillness, Sonu Gaind & myself in University of Toronto Magazine in discussion with Dr Justine Dembo U of T Law UofTPsychiatry magazine.utoronto.ca/opinion/risks-…

Jason Chen 1 Euthanasia wasn't originally (and still isn't) about autonomy-that is a way to sell it. Otherwise, all should be able to access it. 2 It has risen with decline in religious mores that at least prevented death from being seen as a solution to life's problems- either for