Tim stainton

Canada Disability Benefit won't lift 'hundreds of thousands' out of poverty, new numbers confirm cbc.ca/news/politics/…

@emdur3 @AmandaAchtman @MonicaMarchand5 and note how Canadian #MAID provider organization CAMAP/ACEPA contributes to this by suggesting how to speed up MAID when patient is not remotely approaching their death

@emdur3 @AmandaAchtman @MonicaMarchand5 remarkable for a physician to just brush aside the tragedy of 28y woman w autism not remotely close to her death being potentially brought to suicide by institutional promotion of physician ending of life, while parents try to save her...

Roger Foley, a Canadian man with disabilities, says he's been offered euthanasia "multiple times." Listen to him speak out against being devalued as he fights for the support he needs to live.

Minister, @cafreeland FYI, Wed. the 10th is commonly considered the best day to make an announcement about the full funding of the Canada Disability Benefit. which would be in line with other funding announced in advance of the 2024 budget. Just wanted to throw that out there.

📢📣Breaking news New Angus Reid poll finds 9 out of 10 Canadians (91%) support the #CDB. But 71% believe govt is moving too slow to implement. Really no excuse but to #FundTheBenefitNow Read CTV news story here: 👇 ctvnews.ca/politics/overw…

"Despite all the articles and arguments about MAiD, public debate seems to avoid the core assumptions at the centre of the issue. MAiD discussions rest on a particular vision of what it means to be human." macdonaldlaurier.ca/more-than-we-i…

I wrote an opinion piece arguing that even if those who don't know anything about disability possess sufficient information about the state & how it operates to oppose MAiD. lfpress.com/opinion/column…

"To trust the state to operate a service that kills people including disabled people who are not dying, all you have to do is believe, in spite of an abundance of evidence to the contrary that an error-proof and abuse-proof government program is possible." lfpress.com/opinion/column…

@BCANDS1 @uncrpdhelp Hmmm t2 sounds a lot like t4…

For those who want to euthanize persons with disabilities/mental illness, not at end of life under MAiD T2, here is our response. "Fix the systems, don't kill the victims"

“Cdn law is unique. It gives doctors almost free reign on what to do if someone has a diagnosis and they’re miserable with it," "Then you marry it to a very-well organized delivery system . It gives the medical system and sociopolitical system an out when you abandon people.”

A timely, must-read by @TrudoLemmens @derekbmross & Prof Mary Shariff 👇 ‘Policymakers must focus on actual risks of expanding #MAID for mental illness, not legal speculation’ nationalnewswatch.com/2024/01/28/pol… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

No province and the majority of Canadians have ever wanted or asked for this, get it off the books forever. The time and resources wasted, and anguish caused by the pro-MAiD lobbyists/parliamentarians is staggering. They should be held accountable. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

@TrudoLemmens @derekbmross @natnewswatch If maid were a drug it would never be approved given the lack of evidence and risk… oh wait….

We (Mary Shariff, @derekbmross and I) respond to claims by Senator Kutcher et al : "Policymakers must focus on actual risks of expanding #MAID for #mentalillness, not legal speculation" & flawed discrimination rhetoric nationalnewswatch.com/2024/01/28/pol… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

The next dystopian step of governmental control of information re #MAID #euthanasia: cut funding to those defending disability rights…

Euthanasia flattens our understanding of quality of life. Life always has quality. The opportunity to show tenderness, the ability to accompany our loved ones, and the occasion to practice courage in face of illness and suffering nurture our humanity. humanumreview.com/articles/our-l…

"Intensive, compassionate caring — not MAID — is most effective way to address [mental illness]." "It’s time to put the brakes on [MAiD] in Canada for those whose sole underlying medical condition is mental illness." quoimedia.com/put-the-brakes…

So medically assisted death has called me 12 times in 48 hours but a doctor couldn’t see or talk to me the entire year of 2023 to help me with my health.

Why do MAiD laws in Canada keep expanding despite all the controversy? Read my article about the MAiD lobby, below!