A lack of proper care and inadequate safeguards are driving some Canadians with disabilities to assisted death. The criteria for MAID eligibility are ambiguous and ripe for abuse. Ramona Coelho in the @globeandmail
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Peter Copeland
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Peter Copeland
@CopelanPeter
Domestic Policy @MLInstitute, Canada's leading independent, nationally focused think tank. Pursuer of ordered liberty, and the True, Good and Beautiful.
Joined August 2024
- People are living longer than ever, and we have some of the lowest birth rates in the developed world. Rather than disincentivizing work by expanding Old Age security, the government should focus on youth. @TCSargent and I in @TheHubCanada @MLInstitute
- As legislators in the UK consider assisted suicide, they would do well to heed the warnings from Canada - 60,000 deaths since 2016, 13,000 in 2022 alone, and estimates exceeding 15,00 in 2023. Ramona Coelho in @CapX for @MLInstitute bit.ly/3CpCfNT
- It was a great pleasure for me to host @christopherrufo, in dialogue with @epkaufm in Vancouver for an armchair discussion on how to foster a counter-culture to ideological extremism. @MLInstitute @ManhattanInst Check out the full discussion here: macdonaldlaurier.ca/chris-rufo-and…
- Professor and former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Harper @irbrodie and I discuss the future of Canadian universities: How has campus activist culture affected education? Is reform possible? Is reform too late? @MLInstitute #Canada #university
- Unrestricted choice in the name of autonomy has become the ultimate value for Canada’s cultural and political elites, giving rise to policies that struggle to establish appropriate limits. @MLInstitute My latest piece in @TheHubCanada 👇
- Great to speak with @cvangeyn, Litigation Director at the @CDNConstFound on the growing impact of regulatory creep on free expression in Canada, for @MLInstitute #canpoli #FreeSpeech youtube.com/watch?v=eysJdX…
- Dr. Ramona Coelho and I discuss the @ONgov's latest report from the MAiD Death Review Committee. Some disabled Canadians are being offered assisted suicide because they lack access to essential health supports and services. @MLInstitute
- There has been a definite realignment in politics away from economics to culture, argues @epkaufm in discussion with me on political philosophy in Canada. @MLInstitute #politics #canada bit.ly/3UsDCkQ
- Dr Coelho and I continue the conversation on assisted suicide: the vague criteria for MAiD eligibility, the positive value of suffering, the benefits of giving and receiving care and the need for robust palliative and social supports @MLInstitute bit.ly/3NYmyjh
- The most obviously worrying thing about track 2 MAiD recipients is that none of these people would have otherwise died. They needed care and support, but received MAiD instead. Senior Fellow Ramona Coelho in the @TorontoStar @MLInstitute @ONgov
- "Remembrance Day holds real lessons for our hyper-individualistic culture, and for our country that appears increasingly uncertain of its place in the world." Check it out here in @MLInstitute's Inside policy 👇
- Great discussion with @MattSpoke on housing. Exploring the impact of land use policies, development charges, and rent controls on housing costs. Provincial leadership is needed to spur municipal actions to streamline policy. @MLInstitute
- There is a growing gap between the judiciary, the legislature, and the public on public safety. @ryan_p_alford and I discuss mandatory minimums, criminal justice reform, and the future of the Notwithstanding Clause. @MLInstitute Check it out 👇 bit.ly/4e7Nasp
