In This Episode: Justice Minister David Lametti, Toronto Star investigative reporter Rob Cribb, household physician Nav Persaud, Toronto resident Michael Fraser who died with MAID this summer time, Conservative MP Michael Cooper, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor, Toronto Star politics reporter Jacques Gallant, Professor Brian Mishara, director of the Centre for Analysis and Intervention on Suicide, Moral Points and Finish-of-Life Practices on the College of Quebec in Montreal, Dr. Derryck Smith, scientific professor emeritus, within the division of psychiatry on the College of British Columbia, Dr. John Maher, a psychiatrist with the Barrie & South Georgian Bay Assertive Neighborhood Therapy Staff and president of the Ontario Affiliation for ACT & FACT, Mark Henick, a psychological well being advocate, household doctor Dr. Arundhati Dhara and Elizabeth Sheehy, a professor emerita of regulation, on the College of Ottawa. Hosted by Althia Raj
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This week on “It’s Political,” we deal with a number of the points across the growth of medical help in dying (MAID) in Canada. Since 2016, Canadians with a terminal bodily sickness have been in a position to die on their very own phrases. In 2021, after a Quebec Court docket of Enchantment ruling, the regulation expanded to incorporate folks whose deaths weren’t fairly foreseeable. This March, the system will broaden once more, to supply individuals who undergo solely from psychological sickness the potential of selecting MAID. This variation, coupled with information stories of individuals in search of MAID principally as a result of they will’t entry sufficient help or reside in poverty, has led a number of medical specialists and politicians to name on the federal government to hit the pause button.
First, we’ll convey you the story of a Toronto man named Michael Fraser who died utilizing MAID this summer time. Toronto Star investigative reporter Rob Cribb and Fraser’s physician Nav Persaud convey us a number of the sophisticated and intertwined points Fraser’s selection brings to mild. This audio documentary consists of footage of Fraser, collected by Investigative Journalism Bureau’s Charlie Buckley, Thea Gribilas and Declan Keogh.
Subsequent, we’ll verify in with two MPs who sit on the joint Senate and Home of Commons committee that has been charged with reviewing provisions of the Felony Code referring to medical help in dying. This consists of points referring to increasing MAID to these with psychological sickness and to mature minors, in addition to the potential of together with advance requests, all whereas reviewing the state of palliative care in Canada and the safety of Canadians with disabilities. It’s an extremely massive mandate, with many differing viewpoints, as you’ll see. The committee has a fast timeline to complete its work — it’s scheduled to report again in February.
Then, we’ll sit down with Justice Minister David Lametti for his ideas on MAID’s growth and a number of the cracks we’re seeing develop within the system.
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Thanks this week to Investigative Journalism Bureau’s Charlie Buckley, Thea Gribilas and Declan Keogh for accumulating the footage of Michael Fraser. A number of the footage additionally comes from ParlVu, CityNews and CTV.
“It’s Political” is produced by Althia Raj and Michal Stein. Sean Pattendon masterfully mixes this system. Our theme music is by Isaac Joel.
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