Committee treating MAID as ‘beneficial solution to all forms of suffering’ despite ‘deeply problematic reports’ of its use, warn disability advocates

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Committee treating MAID as ‘beneficial solution to all forms of suffering’ despite ‘deeply problematic reports’ of its use, warn disability advocates, by Campbellian_ cdnpoli (subs)

Conservative Senator Yonah Martin says witness testimony shows the ‘worst fears’ expressed by disability advocates in previous MAID studies ‘have become a reality.'

Independent Senator Chantal Petitclerc, left, says she is watching the work of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying. Conservative Senator Yonah Martin, centre, and NDP MP Alistair MacGregor, right, are members of the committee which wraps up witness testimony this week.

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