Sign of growing discomfort with media exposure of serious problems w Canada's #MAID law/practice: @picardonhealth, MAID expansionist day 1, goes on all-out editorial defence MAID & government approach, with frankly extraordinary denial of any potential problem... 1/
https://twitter.com/picardonhealth/status/1597588031309217792
2/ Some examples 1: Expert Panel on MAID Mental Illness, widely criticized for failing to impose any additional safeguards #mentalhealth (contrary to B & Nl, other liberal regimes), had 2 members resign in protest-- Picard: panel made “19 thoughtful recommendations”
3/ e.g. 2: Gov strongly criticized for not appealing lower court Quebec decision and caving in without defense of law broadly supported by parliament—Picard: law was “predictably struck down by court’
4/ e.g. 3: Picard "Most come at it from a point of 'compassion' (read: ‘all good people but some overly protective’). Other critics he refers to as ‘a few anti-choice zealots exploiting the vulnerable”. Of course no zealousness among MAID expansionists for Picard...
5/ e.g. 4: No other country treats MAID as just a standard medical procedure—nor did the Supreme Court – Picard: “assisted death is a medical procedure’
6/ e.g. 5: Disability & Indigenous advocates forcefully criticized Government & Parliament for recklessly moving ahead w-out adequate debate, study & hearings during pandemic,—Picard: gov "fashioned overcautious legislation, publishing thorough data, studying issue exhaustively”
7/ e.g. 6: parliamentary committee hearings strongly criticized for biased questioning & polarized ideological hearings. Picard calls them “excellent public hearings” (hint: check time allotted to MAID expansionists in #AMAD hearings & tone of questioning of gov critics)
8/ e.g. 7: Many point to agressive #MAID expansion as reflecting terribly impoverished concept of autonomy. Picard: "it's about autonomy vs protection". (even John Stuart Mill would likely cringe w such a simplification)
9/ e.g. 8: Specialists point to absence of scientific evidence to predict irremediability in mental illness. Picard: silence (so health care providers just need to find a solution to that one)
10/ This sums it up: Picard: “if we’re going to err, it has to be on the side of patient autonomy”. READ: if tens/hundreds of people who could've gotten better now die w state supported suicide, it's worth it if it helps to respect ‘autonomous choice’ of 1 (privileged) person
the most important point:
https://twitter.com/Radiojane1/status/1597791284349263874?s=20&t=jBRZVFKCremMaIreU3PGSg
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