MAID is a human right for those who meet the eligibility criteria

Bill C-7, if passed, will expand access to MAID to Canadians with an irremediable condition and who are suffering intolerably, but whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable.

Justice Minister David Lametti is the minister responsible for the legislation. Without Bill C-7's passage, there will be those with access to their constitutional right to MAID, and there will be those who will be denied this same right. We strongly urge parliamentarians to vote yes to Bill C-7 and build in equity to Canada’s MAID law, writes Helen Long. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY HELEN LONG

December 14, 2020

The prohibition on medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada was struck down in 2015 when Kay Carter and Gloria Taylor challenged the law. It was established that the right to liberty and security of a person was infringed and the law was deemed overbroad because it protected some, but restr...

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