Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett has been speaking out about the increasing discrimination ageing Canadians are facing. Minister Bennett even goes so far as to say that COVID-19 is raising concerns about "the pandemic of ageism." A Personal Story In an Update to Constituents, she wrote: "I remember an unpleasant conversation from my apartment in

Brief Submitted to the Senate Committee Studying Bill C-7: An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) Since Bill C-7 will primarily affect people who are vulnerable and marginalized, I would like to begin this brief by sharing a vignette from a recent interaction between one of our physician members and

  Dr. Margaret Cottle is a palliative care physician. She recently wrote to her MP on the issuce of Bill C-7 and agreed that I could publish it.     Here is the letter:     Citizens living with disabilities are overwhelmingly in agreement that the legislation proposed in bill C-7 puts them squarely

This post is a news wrap-up for the week of important stories from Canada and around the world. ANNOUNCEMENTS Please sign this petition calling on the House of Commons to: Restore the 10-day reflection period for people whose deaths have been determined to be "reasonably foreseeable" Restore the original requirement that a person must give

Last month the world lost a fighter. Seraphina Harrell had just celebrated her eighth birthday, but even that short life was nearly stolen from her, and the world. A Price on Her Head Before she had a name, Seraphina was growing to term inside her surrogate mother, Crystal Kelley. A routine test at the

Today marks the third birthday of my grandson, Elijah. My daughter Bekah has determined to celebrate his birthday every July 29, even though this year the party will include masks and physical distancing. What makes these celebrations bittersweet is the fact that Elijah cannot attend. He was stillborn. Elijah's Story A week before his