Is Trudeau’s Push For Disability Suicide A Done Deal?

By Stephen Pate. It certainly feels like the fix is in for Justin Trudeau’s disability suicide or euthanasia agenda AKA Bill C-7.

The Canadian Senate, that august body of sober second thought, voted yesterday to make euthanasia of the mentally the law.  It’s common knowledge that suicide and mental illness are linked. Now the government will be able to provide the service with, of course, official guidelines.

“Senators have voted to give the federal government 18 months to expand access to medical assistance in dying to people suffering solely from mental illnesses. They voted 57-21 Tuesday to amend Bill C-7.” (Globe and Mail)

Bill C-7 went to the Senate with the new rules that allowed medical assistance in suicide just for the disabled, excluding people with mental illness.

CCD on tour across Canada drops MAID from the agenda

I knew the fix was in mid-morning today when The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) switched topics for their cross-Canada media event to talk about  “the lack of #vaccine plan for disabled Canadians.”

On the surface, the topic looks relevant, even critical, but that’s a red herring. No one in Canada seriously thinks the COVID vaccine strategy is going to change from LTC. Indigenous and age bracketed recipients.

Asked to explain the lack of interest in Bill C-7 when it’s being debated at 3rd reading in the Senate, the response was “Multiple issues coexisting” from  Jewelles Smith, Communications & Government Relations Coordinator–Council of Canadians with Disabilities.

CCD gives up fighting against MAID during the battle

That folks is a smokescreen to show the CCD is deeply concerned about Canadians with disabilities but has switched the channel on Bill C-7 MAID.

Since October, CCD has issued 3 dire warnings about Bill C-7 and how it opens the door to government-sponsored suicide for Canadians with disabilities.

Why the shift? Why change the topic in the middle of their battle? I don’t know for sure, but I’d assume they got word the fix is in and drop it. Unfortunately for Canadians with disabilities, most charities like the CCD are completely dependant on government funding. The government has them on a short leash.

I’ve seen this before. In 2006/2007, the Government of Prince Edward Island cut 10% of the Disability Support Program budget. The PEI Council of the Disabled, a CCD member, sat on its hands. It didn’t issue even a press release defending the needs of Islander’s with disabilities.

Hard to bite the hand that feeds you.

So the fix is in. The Senators will probably make even more outrageous amendments to Bill C-7. At the final hour, Prime Minister Trudeau will negotiate a compromise that looks suspiciously like the bill he sent to the Senate.

Suppose thousands of people living with disabilities are put to death by the government, who will notice? Canadians won’t even blink because we are all worried about surviving COVID.