Worship Services Transcript

Worship TranscriptDec15th,2024

“We still miss you Susan!!”

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Subject: Re: Proposed Changes to MAID That affect the most vulnerable

Hi Friends, I am writing to you as a board member of L’ARche Winnipeg, and a concerned citizen with respect to changes to Maid which are contained in Bill C-7.  If you click on the first url, you can access the proposed legislation; click the second url and you will come to a letter you can send to government in regard to changes being proposed that can potentially affect the lives of people living with intellectual and physical disabilities who are very vulnerable to persuasion.  Please read below and consider adding your name to other concerned citizens of Canada.  I have also pasted a brief note from L’Arche; this will not cost you much time and might be of life-saving benefit to those who depend so much on the good will and love of their neighbour!  Imagine how precarious life is for those at the mercy of others.  Please forward to others.  Thanks for your time and consideration.  Nancy

“Love your neighbour as yourself”.   Mathew 22:39

https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-1/bill/C-7/first-reading

https://www.include-me.ca/node/383/done?sid=26457&token=5c98bc7a9e1146fd8907cdb9892af423

Speak out. Champion Equality. Share your Story. Change the Conversation.

We’re calling for MAiD to be restricted to end of life circumstances. Bill C-7 would allow for people who have a disability to die when they are suffering without first addressing the reasons for their suffering and the challenges they face in attaining a good quality of life. This is not how we respond to the suffering of any other group of Canadians, much less any other Charter protected group.

Get involved to promote the equal value of all people and all lives.

#LifeWorthLiving

Download the partner advocacy toolkit and take action.

Speak Out.
Engage with media. Draw attention to your opposition to Bill C-7. Influence government. Act fast, time is of the essence.

Resource: Engaging with Media

Resource: Social Media Guide

Change the conversation.
Learn how to intervene when you hear others devaluing the lives of people with disabilities.

Resource: How to Have Difficult Conversations about Ableism and Disability 

Champion equality.
Champion equality by engaging with government about Bill C-7. Contact your Member of Parliament. Speak to your friends in the Senate. Be sure that the human rights of people with disabilities are front-of-mind when they vote on Bill C-7.

Resource: Meeting with your Member of Parliament During COVID-19

Resource: Sample Letter to your Member of Parliament

To learn more about how Bill C-7 threatens the lives, rights, and dignity of people with disabilities at inclusioncanada.ca/maid/