Thread by @InclusionCA

We're tweeting from the Special Joint Committee on #MAiD this morning.

The first panel is Catherine Frazee, Isabel Grant, and Megan Linton.

Here's the link:
parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/Pow…

We're here in Ottawa in person, so the tweets might be a bit higher level today.

"We spend every waking hour throwing out lifelines to save our disabled kin... bearing witness to the injusticew that afflict them... Our people are dying." - Catherine Frazee

"The genie is out of the bottle and we are left counting our dead. That government is now are seeking ways and means to ensure the protection of people with disabilities is a hard pill to swallow." - Catherine Frazee

"So much to say. So little time.
So much to grieve. So little hope." Catherine Frazee.

Megan Linton is talking about suicides in institutions. "Here in these institutions, there is such disregard for autonomy... People are very clear. They would rather die than live in an institution"

"We are haunted by the possibility of loss at all times... It is clear, track two MAiD must be ended" - Megan Linton.

Folks, it is so powerful to hear these words spoken in person. In such a quiet room.

"Disabled people do not need your help to die. We've been killing ourselves for years."

Okay, back to Isabel Grant:

"The Supreme Court of Canada describes discrimination against people with disabilities as being premised on a distorted view that disability is a flaw that needs to be fixed or eradicated."

"It is precisely this ableist view of disability that fueled C-7 and is now killing disabled Canadians. This ableism sadly, has also permeated these hearings." - Isabel Grant