e-246 (Assisted suicide)
- Keywords
- Assisted suicide
- Caregivers and health care professionals
- Freedom of conscience and religion
- Hospitals
- Medical assistance in dying
- Mental health
- Notwithstanding clause
- Young people
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- 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 14, 2016, at 2:33 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 12, 2016, at 2:33 p.m. (EDT)