Two sides of the MAID issue - CCCB - DWDC: 140th and 141st time lobbying government

On the one hand, we have Fr. Francis at Mass today speaking out against MAID. (I will paraphrase): St. Thomas More who is the patron saint of statesmen, politicians, lawyers, and civil servants -- we must pray against MAID / euthanasia. We belong to one fold and have to be proactive and consider what's happening in the government concerning MAID. There is a growing number of deaths and mercy killings. We must be aware of and pray for protection from birth until natural death.

Fr. Francis also included the Statement from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in his Sunday bulletin on MAID (I hope all parishes did the same): STATEMENT BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR FAMILY AND LIFE TO THE CATHOLIC FAITHFUL IN CANADA AND ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL VOICING CONCERN AND CALLING FOR PRAYERS ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE (“MAID”)

As disciples of Christ, we affirm that every human life is a gift, holds profound dignity and value, and is part of a human community (cf. Mt 25:31-46). In contrast, euthanasia and assisted suicide, whatever their motives or means, consist in intentionally causing or hastening the death of a person who is sick, suffering, disabled, or dying in order to eliminate suffering. Such acts can never be morally acceptable, for they are gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to God, the Creator and Lord of life.4F 5 True compassion does not answer suffering with death, but accompanies those who suffer with hope, presence, palliative care, and relief of pain. Together with healthcare professionals, patients, and families, our faith teaches that we must strive for proportionate treatment options that neither unduly prolong nor intentionally hasten death, but instead offer life-affirming and compassionate care.

On the other hand, we have Dying with Dignity Canada's death cult lobbying government, yet again, to increase access to MAID. This is their 140th and 141st time lobbying government.

Designated public office holders: Bryn Savage, Policy Advisory, Minister of Health's Office | Health Canada (HC) Occurred: 2026-05-21

Designated public office holders: Hanife Masoomifar, Issues Manager, Minister of Justice | Justice Canada (JC) 2026-05-19

Thank God for clergy who speak out against the evil of MAID.

Dying With Dignity Canada lobbies government 139 times and counting / 2025 financial statements

Dying with Dignity Canada most recent government lobbying

Type: Consultant
Lobbyist: Tom Potter, Blackbird Strategies, Ltd.
Registration: 6 of 6 (2026-05-25 to present)
Posted: 2026-05-25

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A couple of notes on Dying with Dignity's recently published 2025 financial statements.

DWDC has long-term investments of $8,160,832 (2025), up from $7,370,174 (2024). Imagine a charity so rich that they can afford to keep more than $8 million in long-term investments--money that clearly isn't needed to run the business. They also received $646,153 in investment income alone. Can you imagine a pro-life charity being this rich? Neither can I.

My guess is that they will use this great big juicy horde of cash to pay for their Charter challenges (British Columbia court battle and the Mental Illness Exclusion Challenge in Ontario), and when they act as intervenors in other court cases. Lots of cash to do this. 

Donations are up: $ 2,976,918 (2025), from $ 2,759,606 (2024).

(I still puzzle why anyone would donate to this pro-death group who advocate, lobby and promote killing people. Why does Dying with Dignity even exist? Is it because of power? Or money? Or are they just plain old run of the mill lunatic psychopaths?)

Advertising and promotions $1,013,241 (2025), up from $803,555 (2024). That's over one third of their donations spent on advertising and promoting and lobbying the government for the killing industry.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has applied to be intervenor in the Brosseau case launched by Dying with Dignity. 

The Brosseau case is asking an Ontario court to legislate from the bench by approving medical homicide for Claire Brosseau who is living with mental illness alone. Court interventions are very expensive. We need your support.

If you can, please give a donation to help EPC.  

The relationship between Health Canada and Dying with Dignity Canada

"It doesn’t cover every poll done by various other groups/organizations based on what I’ve seen over the years so not sure if it will seem biased?"

My latest ATIP from Health Canada regarding Dying with Dignity.

There is a Teams Meeting from Health Canada and the discussion was going to be on MAID (Page 18). On the agenda:

• "Can/should we point to other support/service pathways (e.g. palliative care, disability or mental health supports, etc.)" (One would hope that, of course palliative care would be discussed. The word "palliative" appears only once in the document. Was it discussed? Unknown.)
• "Seek feedback from a group called the MAID Network (reps incl. DWDC, Bridge C-14, MAID Family Network, CAMAP and ppi with first hand knowledge working with the public)" (There is no mention of getting feedback from anyone opposed to MAID. The MAID Network all support MAID.)

Page 28. Helen Long writes another letter to the Health Minister congratulating her appointment as Minister of Health. I've lost count as to how many letters she has written to Ministers. 

Page 11. Memo regarding the polling done. 

"The focus is mainly on Ipsos Reid polls commissioned by DWDC but it does cover some other polling especially where there may be contradictory views on certain issues. It doesn’t cover every poll done by various other groups/organizations based on what I’ve seen over the years so not sure if it will seem biased? (emphasis added)" (Even the bureaucrats wonder if the analysis of the polls is biased. And the analysis does cover all DWDC's polls.)

Page 51-62 Polls about MAID. Media monitoring and analysis: Out of the 12 page report, there is a total of about one and a half pages devoted to polls not as favourable to MAID as the rest of the polls (***see links below). All the rest of the polls are from DWDC.

Page 64: Email from Helen Long:

"As you know, Dying With Dignity Canada has a long history of interest in assisted dying, including advance requests. We hear continuously from people across Canada, in all walks of life, who have a lived experience related to the desire for an advance request, or who have a personal or professional interest in the issue. With the goal of helping to ensure that lived experience as well as professional expertise related to advance request is included in the process, I am providing you with a list of individuals and clinicians who are interested in being part of the consultation process. Each of them has indicated their agreement to have their name shared with Health Canada and its contractor(s) for the purposes of consulting on advance requests. Some of these Individuals are well known and may already be on your list but am sharing just in case:"

Long then includes a (redacted) list of 23 persons and 12 clinicians. I think we can assume that all of these names are supportive of MAID. Did Health Canada reach out to them? Unknown. Did Health Canada reach out to anyone who is not supportive of MAID? Unknown.

*** Choi et al: When medical assistance in dying is not a last resort option: survey of the Canadian public

Angus Reid and Cardus: Disability & MAID: Three-in-five concerned lack of adequate care may push vulnerable to consider assisted dying

ATIP takes 502 days and yields 9 pages of information

This ATIP to Health Canada took 502 days to respond to, yielded exactly 9 pages of so-called information, from a total document count of 285 pages. 

It is hard to comprehend how it can take so long to respond to an ATIP, when you release virtually no information.

Page 2-247 and 256-285 were all redacted (i.e. all subject to solicitor-client privilege)

Page 1 Someone contacts Health Canada to ask about getting in touch with Dying with Dignity. Which is pretty funny. As I have shown many times before, DWDC has a very cozy relationship with Health Canada. The fact that someone would actually contact Health Canada to ask for an interview with DWDC tells me that the lines are definitely blurred between these two entities.

From: Health Media

Sent: 2024-08-09 1:57 PM

To: XXXXXXXXX

Subject: RE: Interview with  XXXXXXXXX

Categories: Referred

Hi  XXXXXXXXX,

Dying with Dignity is a charitable organization and is not affiliated with Health Canada. I’m afraid we wouldn’t be able to assist.

Their phone number is: 1-800-495-6156

Thanks,

Mark Johnson

Media Relations | Relations avec les medias

Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada

Government of Canada 

media@hc-sc.ac.ca | Tel: 613-957-2983

From: XXXXXXXXX

Sent: Friday, August 9, 2024 1:48 PM

To: HEALTH MEDIA SANTE (HC/SC)

Good day!

I'm just forwarding over this email I sent to the Dying with Dignity media line since I have not heard back yet.

I'm hoping we can get in contact with XXXXXXXXX  this interview.

Let me know if she is available.

Thank you,

From: XXXXXXXXX

Sent Friday August 9, 2024 8:20 AM

To: media@dyingwithdignity.ca 

Subject: Interview Request with XXXXXXXXX

Good Morning! I hope this email finds you well.

I'm XXXXXXXXX. I'm reaching out to see if we can book an interview with XXXXXXXXX. We are interested in talking about XXXXXXXXX. The interview will be live with XXXXXXXXX for 8-10 minutes. The time slot we are hoping to fill is 10:30am MDT (9:30am PDT). Let me know if that works for her schedule. Thanks and talk soon!

248-255 - yields some complaints from DWDC about Health Canada's survey on advance directives not being accessible outside of Canada. 

And this. Helen Long offers to give names of people to participate in the consultations:

I understand from the Minister's announcement that there will be a variety of ways to engage in the advance request consultations, including roundtables. As always, it is important to get the perspectives of those with lived experience. To that end, I wondered if you were looking for individuals who do have lived experience and might be able to contribute to this discussion? Let me know and if there is an opportunity, I would be happy to provide a list of individuals who could participate.

Does Health Canada take her up on this offer? There is no indication that they do. But if they did, that would certainly skew the results of the consultations.

Dying with Dignity raises $148,580 in one month

From Helen Long of Dying with Dignity Canada in an email. It makes me want to throw up.

Together, we raised $148,580 last month from 991 of the most compassionate people, and fully maximized the matching gift!

Compassionate? There's nothing compassionate about killing people who need love, support and probably palliative care, Helen Long. That people donate money to your poisoning lobby, who lobbies government non-stop -- there just are no words.

Priests and bishops who have spoken out against MAID

(If you know of a Priest or Bishop who has spoken out against MAID, please provide me with a link and I will update this entry to reflect that.)

Update May 6:

Archdiocese of Edmonton Hope & Dignity initiative was launched under Archbishop Richard Smith (now in Vancouver) and is strongly supported by Archbishop Stephen Hero. The poll that I referenced was part of the early planning for the initiative, rather than simply a stand-alone poll. And this: Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons & Families Considering or Opting for Death by Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia

Priests for Life here and here.

Fr Mark Goring speaking from the pulpit (this seems me to be the most effective way to speak directly to Catholics).

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) acts as the collective voice, several high-ranking Canadian clergy and individual priests have been particularly vocal in their opposition to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Their advocacy often focuses on legal challenges, public statements, and pastoral warnings about the expansion of eligibility. [1, 2, 3]

Prominent Archbishops & Bishops

• Cardinal Francis (Frank) Leo (Archbishop of Toronto): In April 2026, he wrote directly to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Members of Parliament to advocate for Bill C-218, which seeks to exclude mental illness as a sole condition for MAiD. He urged a "free vote" on the legislation, calling for a "civilization that cares for those suffering and does not eliminate them".
• Archbishop Christian Lépine (Archbishop of Montreal): He launched a significant legal challenge in February 2024 against Quebec's end-of-life legislation. He argues that forcing Catholic palliative care centers like St. Raphael's to offer MAiD violates institutional freedom of conscience.
• Bishop Mark Hagemoen (Bishop of Saskatoon): Along with other Saskatchewan bishops, he issued a pastoral letter titled "Dying with Hope: Living and Walking Together" in April 2025. He has publicly criticized the "romanticized accounts" of assisted suicide in mainstream culture and advocated for increased mental health resources.
• Archbishop J. Michael Miller (Archbishop of Vancouver): He released specific guidelines as early as 2017 regarding the pastoral care of those considering MAiD, emphasizing that life is sacred from conception to natural death. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Individual Priests & Pastoral Voices

• Fr. Larry Holland (Archdiocese of Vancouver): He shared a personal account of being twice offered MAiD by hospital staff while recovering from a hip fracture in 2026. He spoke out against the "coercive" nature of medical staff initiating these conversations with patients who have deeply held religious objections.
• Fr. Lynn (Vancouver): In interviews, he described the practice of medical practitioners proactively offering MAiD to vulnerable persons as "diabolical" and an attack on patient identity.
• Fr. William Ha and Bishop Gordon (Victoria): Participated in a panel discussion at St. Andrew's Cathedral in 2026 to discuss the "cultural shift" regarding human worth and the dangers of expanding MAiD criteria.
• Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk (National Catholic Bioethics Center): Though a bioethicist, he provides widely used commentary in Canada criticizing the "idolizing" of medical power and science over the sanctity of life. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Are priests and bishops educating Catholics about MAID?

An online survey conducted in Edmonton in 2023 by the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton tells us that 75.7 % of Catholics polled oppose MAID. Which means that 24.3 % either fully support MAID or are not sure what they support. 

Then there are polls done by Dying with Dignity Canada (Canada's poisoning lobby) in 2023. These results are even worse. They tell us that 83% of Catholics support MAID. (DWDC's repeated polls provide similar results.)

Regardless of the actual number of Catholics who support MAID, one is too many. The question we must ask ourselves is this. Are our bishops and priests educating their congregants about the reality of MAID and how Canada leads the world in killing its citizens? From the Edmonton survey and the comments from poll participants, we get these comments:

"At the same time, they [the respondents] want the Church to be firmer, clearer, and more vocal on their stance."

• “No one opposed this vocally. And the dead received a Catholic funeral. The priest knew MAiD had been used.”
• I feel Canadian Bishops and priests should be more outspoken on how unjust and sinful it is.”
• “Our lack of action speaks louder than our occasional tepid objection. We’ve reached the cold mathematics at the crossroads of history and a Loving living God who is the reality of Love and Justice bound perfectly. There’s a price to pay for our active deliberate omission, our failures in duty.”
• “The Catholic Church needs to take a strong, vocal stance against MAiD.I am surprised that it has not done more then it has. The bishops letter opposing MAiD is not enough.”
• “The church should be solid in their commitments and many Catholics are not aware of where the Church stands. In our day there is SO MUCH 'garbage' thrown at us we sometimes get very confused and muddled.”

There is also a lot of misunderstanding about MAID from Catholics: When asked who can ask for MAiD, their answers: 

• Anyone (mentioned at least 100 times) 
• Pretty much anyone
• Probably anyone. It’s another thing if they are granted help.
• Anyone can ask. 
• Terminally ill persons, some mental health reasons. 
• Now? Almost anyone. 
• Anyone 18 years old and older. 
• The individual 
• Almost everyone who is struggling with mental illness or medical illness
• Anyone with a physical or mental disability that ruins their quality of life

And these troubling comments from Catholics:

Here are instances of priests and bishops who have spoken out against MAID. This is all good but is it enough? I don't think it is, if we are to believe the polls.

Dying With Dignity Canada lobbies government 138 times and counting

Dying with Dignity, who make millions in donations every year, uses these millions to lobby the government -- 138 times to date. They do this lobbying to increase the number of people who are euthanized every year. They are in an exclusive relationship with the government, repeatedly meeting with ministers, while those ministers never meet with organizations opposed to killing people. 

No wonder Canada has a reputation for the most euthanasia friendly country in the world.

Dying With Dignity Canada lobbied on 2026-03-31

• Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Ministre de la Justice et procureur général du Canada | Justice Canada (JC)
• Thomas Law, Advisory, Policy and Regional Affairs | Justice Canada (JC)
• Hanife Masoomifar, Issues Manager, Office of the Minister of Justice | Justice Canada (JC)

Only the pro-deathers get to meet with ministers, why is that?

As we already know, Dying with Dignity lobbies the government pretty much non-stop. They also repeatedly meet with Ministers of government. DWDC has met with the ministers of at least three different government departments (Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Justice and Health), sometimes multiple times with the department in question.

So I wondered. Have any of the main groups opposed to the "poisoning lobby" (thanks to Alec Primc from the Voice for the Children and Family Party of Slovenia for this apt description of euthanasia) also meet with any ministers? I checked out the Lobbyist database to see who was lobbying government against poisoning Canadians. There were five organizations. So I asked the Department of Justice:

Please provide the names of the people from the listed organizations below who have met with the Minister of Justice (and or his or her representative) regarding MAID, and the dates and details of those meetings, including who was present at these meetings. Dates from June 2016 to February 27, 2026: Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Canada. EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA. Christian Reformed churches in Canada (CRCNA Canada Corporation). Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada, and any other religious organization.

The response I received:

I regret to inform you that a search of the records under the control of the Department of Justice Canada has revealed none relating to the subject of your request. 

I submitted the same ATIP to Health Canada. Although there was one meeting identified with ARPA, it was not with the Minister of Health.

So the only voices the ministers of Justice and Health listen to when it comes to killing its citizens by poisoning them, are the people who advocate for, and not those opposed to, killing people by lethal injection. That sounds awfully biased to me.

Dying With Dignity Canada lobbies # 136

Dying With Dignity Canada lobbied on 2026-03-11

• Stan Kutcher, dying with dignity, Senator | Senate of Canada

Dying With Dignity Canada lobbies # 135

 Dying With Dignity Canada lobbied on 2026-03-05

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• Kristina Tesser Derksen, Member of Parliament | House of Commons

Dying with Dignity so much lobbying - so little time

 The latest lobbying by Dying with Dignity. Got to use up all those millions in donations.

• Peggy Ainslie, Executive Director | Health Canada (HC)  2026-02-26
• Kajan Ratneswaran, Manager, Health Policy Branch | Health Canada (HC) 2026-02-26
• Rachel Putnins, Director of Parliamentary Affairs, MP Will Greaves | House of Commons 2026-01-21
• Thomas Law, Advisory, Policy and Regional Affairs | Justice Canada (JC) 2025-12-15
• Julie Robinson, Legal Counsel for Constitutional Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations | Justice Canada (JC) 2025-12-15

Dying with Dignity meets the Minister of Justice - of course they do

"I would like to start by thanking Dying with Dignity Canada for the role your organization has played in relation to medical assistance in dying(or MAID) in Canada."

How pathetic is that? Congratulating the euthanasia cult in Canada.

From an ATIP to the Minister of Justice. The Minister is briefed on his upcoming meeting with Dying with Dignity on July 9, 2025:

"Title: Meeting of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice with Dying with Dignity Canada

Overview

You have a meeting with Dying with Dignity Canada (DWDC) on July 9, 2025. DWDC wants to meet to discuss how the Government can support the legalization of advance requests to receive medical assistance in dying (MAID) and the role that DWDC can play. Proposed talking points are attached at Annex 1.

DWDC is a human-rights charity committed to improving quality of dying, protecting end-of-life rights, and helping people avoid unwanted suffering. It is one of the largest pro-MAID advocacy groups in Canada and advocates for the expansion of MAID regarding advance requests, mental illness, and mature minors. DWDC have submitted briefs and testified before Parliamentary committees on the various bills and studies concerning MAID.

Background

Federal MAID Framework

On June 17, 2016, MAID was legalized in Canada for persons whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable through former Bill C-14, after the Supreme Court of Canada held in Carter v Canada (2015) that the criminal laws prohibiting assistance in dying were unconstitutional. Sections 241.1-241.4 of the Criminal Code now outline eligibility criteria and safeguards, while amendments to sections 227, 241 and 245 provide exemptions from offences such as homicide, where all of the eligibility criteria and safeguards are satisfied.

In 2019, the Superior Court of Quebec declared the requirement that natural death be reasonably foreseeable to be unconstitutional(Truchon). This decision declared the MAID framework at that time unconstitutional, stating the “reasonable foreseeability of natural death” criterion violates section 7 of the Charter for being too restrictive. The Attorney General of Canada did not appeal this decision and instead made the policy choice to expand eligibility for MAID. The eligibility for MAID was expanded to persons whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable through former Bill C-7, which received royal assent on March 17, 2021. Former Bill C-7 also temporarily excluded persons whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness from eligibility for MAID. Per former Bill C-7’s coming into force provisions, this exclusion outlined in subsection 1(2.1) was originally set to be repealed on the second anniversary of the coming into force of the bill, March 17, 2023. On March 9, 2023, through former Bill C-39, this was extended by one year to three years from the coming into force of former BillC-7. It was once again extended a further three years (for a total of six years from the coming into force of former Bill C-7) through former Bill C-62, until March 17, 2027. Bill C- 62 included a section that requires a joint parliamentary committee to undertake a comprehensive review relating to the eligibility for MAID of persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness that must commence by February 28, 2026. There has been criticism from stakeholders on the delay of the repeal of subsection 1(2.1)

MAID and Advance Requests

An advance request refers to situations where a person requests MAID before they are eligible and before they want to receive it and outlines the circumstances under which they would want to receive MAID, in the future, if such circumstances arise after they lose capacity. This is different than the waiver of final consent that permits a person whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable and who has been approved for MAID but risks losing capacity before the date on which MAID is scheduled to be provided to waive the requirement for final consent. Under federal law, this is the only circumstance under which MAID may be lawfully provided to a person who does not have capacity. The provision of MAID based on an advance request is not permitted under the Criminal Code.

MAID is a matter of shared jurisdiction. The criminal law aspect falls under the responsibility of the federal government while the health care aspect, including its implementation, falls under the responsibility of the provinces and territories. On June 7, 2023, the National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill 11, An Act to amend the Act respecting end-of-life care and other legislative provisions, which amended Quebec’s end-of-life law to permit the provision of MAID based on an advance request in the province. This is not permitted under the Criminal Code and so a practitioner in Quebec who provides MAID in accordance with Quebec’s law would commit a criminal offence (murder).

The previous Health and Justice ministers said publicly that the federal government would not initiate a challenge regarding the constitutionality of Quebec’s law, but that it remains a criminal offence to provide MAID based on an advance request. The previous government undertook a national conversation on advance requests from November 2024 to February 2025 to better understand the perceptions and views of people in Canada. Health Canada is expected to publish a report on key findings from the national conversation.

Talking Points

Meeting with Dying with Dignity Canada

•I would like to start by thanking Dying with Dignity Canada for the role your organization has played in relation to medical assistance in dying(or MAID) in Canada.

•The Government of Canada is committed to working with all partners and stakeholders to ensure that our MAID Laws reflect Canadians’ evolving needs, protect those who may be vulnerable, and support autonomy and freedom of choice.

•I am interested to hear your perspectives given the on-the-ground expertise your membership brings to this complex and deeply personal issue."

Dying with Dignity lobby lobby lobby

Dying with Dignity lobbies more government bureaucrats and politicians.

• Rachel Putnins, Director of Parliamentary Affairs, MP Will Greaves | House of Commons
• Thomas Law, Advisory, Policy and Regional Affairs | Justice Canada (JC)
• Julie Robinson, Legal Counsel for Constitutional Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations | Justice Canada (JC)
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Dying with Dignity's lucrative death business

In 2024 Dying with Dignity Canada had $9,231,137 in assets, of which $7,370,174 was in long term investments. They have so much of their money in these long term investments that clearly they don't need those funds to run their day to day business, so they invest them. They made $752,804 in interest on those long-term investments and an additional $3,038,792 in donations in 2024. 

Dying with Dignity aggressively fund raises because (unbelievably) there's still lots more money people want to give them. And because they are a charity, they do not pay federal income tax on their earnings. 

Truly the euthanasia business is a very very successful business model. 

Dying with Dignity attacks conscience rights

Dear Health Minister Marjorie Michel and Justice Minister Sean Fraser,

I am writing to you to tell you that I am appalled at Dying with Dignity's court challenge to end forced transfer for medical assistance in dying. DWDC argues that https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/advocacy/institutional-religious-obstructions/

"Individual clinicians have the right to object, for conscience reasons, to providing MAID or other medical treatments. The issue of IROs is not about the objection of clinicians, but that of institutions, which do not have conscience rights."

Bollocks. Institutions are made up of individual people. These individual people work in these institutions because they share the values of the institution. In this case it means that the health care providers at the institution must have their conscience rights protected. 

Dying with Dignity uses their millions in donations to fight against the conscience rights of people who are against participating in the evil of state sanctioned euthanasia. They have the money to lobby government (and they do so incessantly) and are hell bent on forcing these institutions to be involved in this killing. This is diabolical. 

Our government must protect the conscience rights of these health care providers at all of our hospitals to not commit MAID. IT is the ethical and moral thing to do.

Sincerely,

Patricia Maloney

National Association of Federal Retirees hosts webinar from Dying with Dignity

Dear National Association of Federal Retirees,

I just wanted you to know how upsetting it was to see that the Association of Federal Retirees is promoting a seminar from Dying with Dignity about MAID. I am against euthanizing people. It is an immoral and unethical action to kill people who are ill, instead of providing them with compassionate care and or palliative care to help them in their final days.

Dying with Dignity pushes their death agenda onto Canadians by using donations from Canadians to lobby government into pushing for more and more greater use of MAID. 

Even the UN has spoken out against our horrific MAID regime:

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/un-committee-rightly-calls-out-canadas-systemic-devaluation-of-disability-david-shannon-in-canadian-affairs/

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/un-committee-rightly-calls-out-canadas-systemic-devaluation-of-disability-david-shannon-in-canadian-affairs/#:~:text=By%20David%20Shannon%2C%20June%209,foreseeable%20%E2%80%94%20to%20qualify%20for%20MAID.

https://www.cardus.ca/news/news-releases/statement-regarding-un-committees-call-to-reverse-maid-expansion-in-canada/#:~:text=The%20UN%20Committee%20on%20the%20Rights%20of,MAiD%20for%20mental%20illness%20should%20be%20reversed

Unsuspecting vulnerable members may attend the webinar without realizing that Dying with Dignity is the major advocate of euthanasia in this country, and that this webinar will most certainly discuss MAID.

I hope that you will reconsider hosting this webinar from Dying with Dignity, and instead provide access to another provider.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Patricia Maloney

Dying with Dignity lobbies MP Dan Mazier

The pro-deathers never stop. Dying with Dignity's latest lobbying efforts to MP Dan Mazier.

When talking about MAID: "I absolutely love data"

Here is the final part of my most recent ATIP regarding Dying With Dignity. 

The friendly, chummy, cozy relationship between Health Canada and DWDC is on full display in these 75 pages of the document where we see all the back and forth between the two about a webinar that Health Canada does for the pro-deathers. In particular this webinar has the Senior Analyst, Strategic Policy of the End of Life Care unit of Health Canada presenting data on MAID.

After the webinar the Health Canada analyst tells the pro-deathers how she just LOVES data. Remember, we are talking about data concerning the people in Canada who have been killed by euthanasia. 

And the senior analyst looks forward to doing it again next year. So fun.

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From DWDC

Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 4:28 PM

To: End of Life Care people at Health Canada

Subject: Re: Presenter status

Hello,

Thank you so much to you for joining us today. XXXXX and XXXXX let me know that they could barely keep up with the rapid-fire questions from our audience, that's how engaging the session was today! In total, we had 411 attendees during the session. The numbers fluctuate slightly for technical issues or folks that join/leave, but we evened out at about 400.

I just wanted to say thank you both for such a fantastic webinar. Your insights, expertise, and enthusiasm was infectious throughout the session. Have a look at some of our feedback:

• Very interesting and valuable information. This data will be so important when our politicians are tasked with the potential upcoming legislation.
• An excellent overview of the data which has encouraged me to now go and read the full report.
• Annette's love of data and her passion was evident throughout. Thank you to both presenters - nice to see a colleague, Blain, building and adding to the Q&A. It is about evolution of data and getting this info out to dispel myths.
• This has been a first-class presentation in every way. The slides were so very good and easy to understand and great, easy-to-listen-to speakers. Thank you so much.

I know I speak for all of us here at DWDC when I say that it has been a privilege to work with you from start to finish, and that we at DWDC would be delighted to keep in touch for future collaborations, perhaps when the next Annual Report is published next year. I hope that you both have a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year.

Sincerely,

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From: End of Life Care presenters at Health Canada

Sent: November 22, 2023 6:23 PM

Subject: RE: Presenter status

Hi XXXXX,

Thank you so much for this feedback! It was a pleasure to work with you and to present this data today. I absolutely love data, the story it tells, and how it helps us move forward. It was fantastic to see so many folks engaged in the topic.

Thank you also for the excellent moderation. Once I got going into the presentation, it was totally seamless from beginning to end!

Appreciate your support, and look forward to next year (:Wishing you the best for the upcoming holiday season!

Best regards,

Dying with Dignity's chummy relationship with Health Canada continues

Dying with Dignity is way too friendly with the Department of Health, including the many Ministers of Health. Bureaucrats bend over backwards to make sure that Ministers meet with Helen Long and her pro-death organization. It's really creepy if you ask me.

In this memo below, "there is no specific topic of discussion" for this meeting request from Dying with Dignity, yet the meeting will still go ahead. DWDC just asks for a meeting with the Minister and bingo, they get it. Just like that. Nothing specific to talk about. Why does this pro-death bunch get to have the ear of the Health Minister whenever they want to? Do those opposed to MAID also get a meeting with the Minister whenever they want to? I doubt it.

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REQUESTOR’S NAME - NOM DU DEMANDEUR Barb French [of the Ministerial briefing unit]

DATE 2023-09-25

NUMBER - NUMERO 23-109024-214

REQUEST ORIGIN - ORIGINE DE LA DEMANDE

Minister's Office/Cabinet du Ministre

SUBJECT - OBJET

Minister Saks' Office Request: PS Fisher to meet Dying with Dignity Canada

REQUEST - DEMANDE (YYYY-MM-DD)

(1)Date 2023-09-25

SPB:

Minister Saks has delegated an introductory meeting with Dying with Dignity Canada to Parliamentary Secretary Fisher the week of Sept 25th. Time and date are TBC and there is no specific topic of discussion. However, should it be helpful for context, a recent meeting request (23-007471-535) is attached. When assessing the meeting request for the Minister, SPB recommended that the meeting take place with the following rationale: DWDC is a key stakeholder that supports MAID and aims to provide clear and factual information to Canadians about MAID, the legislation, the process and providing supports and resources to people who wish to know more and who wish to access MAID.

DWDC is an advocacy group and does want to see a broader MAID and end of life regime in Canada that it believes aligns with the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In meeting with this organization, the Minister could learn about relevant ‘on the ground’ views on system and clinician preparedness for the lifting of the mental illness exclusion clause on March 17, 2024. The organization is also focussing [sic] advocacy efforts calling for the Government [to] expand legislation again to allow for advance requests for MAID. Quebec recently passed amendments to its provincial MAID legislation to put in place an advance request regime for MAID in the next 2 years (which is not in alignment with current federal law). The Minister may wish to listen to their thoughts on this kind of further expansion

Please prepare a Memo to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions [Note: This position was abolished in March 2025. Thank you Mark Carney.] for a meeting, points to register and a bio (this may include updating a recent note). Also please identify an individual to participate in a pre-brief as well as the meeting.

Kindly submit the requested materials and confirmation of participant[s] to MBU by Sept 27, at 4:00. Templates attached. Should contacts for Input from other areas of the Health Portfolio be required, kindly let us know.

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Next we have the memo to Minister Saks about this upcoming meeting. It is a nine (9) page memo. Summary of memo below:

MEMORANDUM TO THE MINISTER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS AND ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF HEALTH Meeting with Dying with Dignity Canada / Reunion avec Dying with Dignity Canada

SUMMARY

• Your office has accepted a request to meet with Dying with Dignity Canada (DWDC). Parliamentary Secretary Fisher will meet with Helen Long, Chief Executive Officer, DWDC during the week of September 25th.

• DWDC is a national human-rights charity committed to improving [the] quality of dying, protecting end-of-life rights, and helping people across Canada avoid unwanted suffering.

• Health Canada has had many interactions with DWDC over the past number of years. While they have been strong supporters of Government of Canada MAID policy, they have also been critical of the lack of progress in areas such advance requests.

• Points to Register are included in Appendix A and a biography of CEO Helen Long is included in Appendix B.

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You will be happy to know that DWDC's office is still located on Canada's Indigenous peoples' land. I guess that means they still haven't given said land back to the Indigenous people.

Dying With Dignity Canada's national office is located within Treaty 13, the traditional home of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Our presence on this land is not to be taken for granted. We are grateful for the opportunity to share, meet, collaborate, live, and work on this land.