e-2199 (Medical assistance in dying)
- Keywords
- Caregivers and health care professionals
- Freedom of conscience and religion
- Medical assistance in dying
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The fundamental freedoms of conscience and religion are guaranteed to all Canadians in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms;
- Bill C-14 (Medical Assistance in Dying) prohibits the compelling of health care providers or institutions to provide medical assistance in dying, to refer or transfer a patient to another health care provider, or to take other actions which could impact on health care providers’ freedom of conscience or religion;
- Bill C-14 lacks clarity for effective enforcement;
- Bill C-418 aims to protect the fundamental freedom of conscience guaranteed to all Canadians; and
- Bill C-418 makes it an offence to intimidate a health care professional for the purpose of compelling them to take part, directly or indirectly, in the provision of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Bill C-418 also makes it an offence to dismiss from employment or to refuse to employ a health care professional for the reason only that they refuse to take part, directly or indirectly, in the provision of medical assistance in dying.
- Open for signature
- May 17, 2019, at 12:33 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 16, 2019, at 12:33 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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David Anderson
(Cypress Hills—Grasslands)
June 19, 2019 (Petition No. 421-04673)