Tue Nov 1, 2022 – 4:06 pm EDTTue Nov 1, 2022 – 4:26 pm EDT
(Euthanasia Prevention Coalition) — In June, Senator Pamela Wallin introduced Bill S-248: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) which, if passed, would allow Canadians to “consent” to being put to death in the future, even if they are unable to consent when the time comes.
According to the bill’s text, the proposed law would:
(a) permit an individual whose death is not reasonably foreseeable to enter into a written arrangement to receive medical assistance in dying (MAiD) on a specified day if they lose the capacity to consent to receiving medical assistance in dying prior to that day; and
(b) permit an individual who has been diagnosed with a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability to make a written declaration to waive the requirement for final consent when receiving medical assistance in dying if they lose the capacity to consent to receive medical assistance in dying, are suffering from symptoms outlined in the written declaration and have met all other relevant safeguards outlined in the Criminal Code.
When Canada legalized euthanasia through Bill C-14 in 2016,
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