e-263 (Assisted suicide)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-9-10 Government Response to petitions concerning assisted suicide
- Assisted suicide
- Caregivers and health care professionals
- Freedom of conscience and religion
- Hospitals
- Medical assistance in dying
- Mental health
- Young people
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- In Carter v. Canada (AG), the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that competent and consenting adults who have a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring and intolerable suffering should be allowed to access Physician-Assisted suicide;
- During testimony at the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying, expert witnesses strongly cautioned against creating an open regime with few safeguards that protect vulnerable Canadians; and
- The Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying refused to act on this advice, leaving vulnerable Canadians at risk.
- Open for signature
- March 16, 2016, at 2:46 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 14, 2016, at 2:46 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Harold Albrecht
(Kitchener—Conestoga)
September 21, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00568) - Government response tabled
- November 4, 2016
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 452 |
British Columbia | 350 |
Manitoba | 87 |
New Brunswick | 46 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 16 |
Northwest Territories | 3 |
Nova Scotia | 56 |
Ontario | 1248 |
Prince Edward Island | 8 |
Quebec | 1059 |
Saskatchewan | 313 |