Uncategorized 4th Glossy Nothing-to-see-here Don’t-worry-about-it Annual Report on Medical assistance in Dying 2022 8 Nov 2023 A few months late, the 4th Annual was released to little fanfare. Here are a few thoughts and observations about what you might have missed. We'll start with their Chart…
Uncategorized say no to MAiD(mdsuc) 23 Oct 202327 Jan 2024 In a recent Angus-Reid poll, only a minority of Canadians (about 28%) are in favour of expanding MAiD to people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness (MDSUC). A vast…
Uncategorized Grieving Matters 30 Sep 202330 Sep 2023 September 30, The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, was first observed as a federal holiday in 2021. Springing from Orange Shirt Day this is one day a year set…
Uncategorized +?+Thinking Positively++??+ 4 Aug 202330 Sep 2023 With the recent passage of the Canada Disability Benefit Act, are disabled folks in Canada are closer to the goals of "Disability Without Poverty"? Should this victory be celebrated? We…
Uncategorized “My Body, My Choice”: Tricky territory 9 May 202323 Feb 2024 South of the border, half the population lost a constitutional right to privacy in health care when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, which has for over two decades…
Uncategorized Thoughts on a Slippery Road 7 Feb 202330 Sep 2023 I recently dug up this old post from my travel blog, written in May, 2016 -- about a year after the Carter decision, before the Feds passed Bill C-14. Someone…
Uncategorized A Hopeful Sign 17 Dec 202230 Sep 2023 This week, Justice Minister Lametti announced that his party will apply for an extension on the deadline for inclusion of mental illness in the MAID regime. Let's just take a…
Uncategorized They’re Finished Listening … 2 Dec 202230 Sep 2023 The "Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying" wound up its "Statutory Review of the Provisions of the Criminal Code Relating to Medical Assistance in Dying and their Application"…
Uncategorized ACEs AND MAID 23 Nov 202230 Sep 2023 What are ACEs, you ask? I'm so glad you did. Keep reading! (There's a really helpful video coming up ...) Last time around, I wrote about the need for research…
Uncategorized Research! 12 Nov 202230 Sep 2023 I recently asked a disabled friend of mine, how can LWD actually help? What does your community need? Her answer was swift and sure: RESEARCH!! I must admit, I was…
Uncategorized We Raised our Voices. Will You? 2 Sep 202230 Sep 2023 LWD's submission presented online to the Special Joint Committee in late August is copied below. We are sharing it here with our readers in hopes that each of you will…
Uncategorized System Failures 21 Aug 202230 Sep 2023 The Third Annual Federal MAID report offers some statistics about last year's Track 1 deaths -- i.e. the "reasonably foreseeable natural deaths" [RFND's] for which MAID was originally legalized --…
Uncategorized Canada’s NRA? 25 May 202215 Jun 2024 It was May 24, 2022 — one year ago, just after LWD was launched. I was watching an American news channel reporting on yet another "worst” school shooting, this time…