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Canadian gov’t efforts to expand euthanasia to the mentally ill face a number of obstacles

Updated: June 14, 2023 at 6:59 pm EST  See Comments

Wed Jun 14, 2023 – 4:28 pm EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — On this week’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Jonathon is once again joined by Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), who discusses updates regarding Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program and a Conservative bill that would limit its application to the mentally ill. 

The bill, C-314, which received its first floor debate last month in the Canadian Parliament, was introduced by the Hon. Ed Fast, a former Conservative minister. It is designed to stop MAID’s expansion to include the mentally ill. Reacting to the possibility of applying MAID to the mentally ill and potentially “mature minors,” Fast said it shows that Canada is on a “slippery slope.” EPC is currently running a petition in support of Fast’s bill, which now has over 4,500 signatures.

LISTEN: Canada’s assisted suicide regime would be seen as legalized murder at any other time in history

Discussing the bill, Schadenberg said “it’s a very good bill because its right on the money.”

“It just deals with that issue, and it’s very clearly worded … it’s not what you call a very long bill,” he continued. “It’s only

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