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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
E-petition
Initiated by Darrell Clarke from Kitchener, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
- 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.
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to invoke the notwithstanding clause which gives Parliament up to five years to conduct a comprehensive study and draft legislation that will include: adequate safeguards for vulnerable Canadians - especially those with mental health challenges, clear conscience protection for health-care workers and institutions, and protection of children and those under 18 from Physician Assisted Suicide.
- Open for signature
- March 14, 2016, at 2:33 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 12, 2016, at 2:33 p.m. (EDT)
