The federal government has introduced a bill that would dramatically expand access to euthanasia, remove important safeguards and allow people to be euthanized when they are unable to consent.

Although work on Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), has stalled during the COVID-19 lockdown, many observers expect this legislation will move quickly once parliament resumes regular business.

The Archdiocese of Toronto is hosting a free online webinar on Thursday, June 4 from 7-8 p.m. EDT to help inform anyone who is interested in learning more about this important issue.

Please register in advance here.

The panel will include:

• Taylor Hyatt, disability rights advocate and board member of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
• Christina Lamb, Assistant Professor of nursing at the University of Alberta. She is also a bioethicist and the founder of the Aletheia Conscience Project, which researches conscience rights issues for health care professionals
• Moira McQueen, director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute and she is a moral theologian at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto
• Derek Ross, executive director and general counsel at the Christian Legal Fellowship

Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, has previously written on this bill.

Please tell others who may be interested in this webinar, to register here.