Thoughts and Ideas Is nothing sacred (if you don’t believe in God)? 26 Sep 2025 “Once you accept that people ought to have autonomy—once you accept that life is not sacred and something that can only be taken by God, a being I don’t believe…
Thoughts and Ideas Still here 27 Feb 2025 Hello blog readers. Living With Dignity Investing in Life for PWD's This blog is still here. I am still here. The LWD website is still here. But LWD as a…
Disability arts and culture… “Life After” 15 Feb 202515 Feb 2025 Have you ever wondered "Whatever happened to X" -- someone who made big news but then faded from view and from public consciousness? Disabled film-maker, Reid Davenport, was reading a…
Thoughts and Ideas An Appointment with Death 22 Feb 2024 "I lost two friends to MAiD last week. Granted both were terminally ill, but it still seemed shockingly fast to me that they died so quickly. My friend was in…
Thoughts and Ideas Brace Yourselves 7 Feb 2024 Hello readers. First let's start by thanking the government and the majority of its AMAD committee for actually listening to and learning from a host of witnesses who urged them to…
Thoughts and Ideas When is suicide considered “rational”? 14 Dec 2023 by Policy Options. Originally published on Policy Options by Mary Shariff and Derek RossDecember 6, 2023 It is currently a crime in Canada for a doctor to end the life of a…
Thoughts and Ideas LWD’s first birthday 21 May 202330 Sep 2023 One year ago, Living With Dignity Canada became a legal entity, launched this website, and published the first instalment of this blog. Happy Birthday to Us! An old family photo…
In the News… Does Hate always look Hateful? 21 Apr 202330 Sep 2023 Does hate always look hateful? Or can hate adopt a kind face and the language of compassion? Or can it disguise itself as bureaucratic rectitude, fully versed in what the…
Thoughts and Ideas Ambivalence Saves Lives 14 Apr 202330 Sep 2023 Human beings are complex creatures, to say the least. Rarely can we point to a single source of happiness, distress, rage, fear, or sleeplessness. We have a lot on our…
In the News… About those Recommendations 23 Mar 202323 Feb 2024 Hello readers. Because I have not yet been able to bring myself to the task of explicating the AMAD Committee final report's 23 Recommendations, this week's blog post is the…
Thoughts and Ideas Gaslit! 6 Mar 202323 Feb 2024 What I intended to write about this week was the report. By that I mean the final report of the joint committee whose hearings were intended, at least in part,…
Thoughts and Ideas Helen Long Says you don’t exist — But we see you! 27 Jul 202230 Sep 2023 Dying with Dignity CEO, Helen Long, recently published a long article in McLeans Magazine (May 31/22), detailing the results of DWD's most recent survey. On the basis of that survey,…
Thoughts and Ideas We’re Here! 23 May 20221 Oct 2023 "Somebody ought to START AN ORGANIZATION!" I moaned in a Facebook post on April 30th, after I read in the paper that yet another person with a disability had chosen…