Heidi Janz @DrHeid
Writer / Playwright / Disability Ethicist Joined February 2013-
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"Department of Finance officials said Wednesday financial eligibility for the Canada Disability Benefit will be determined based on household income, not the applicant’s income". The devil is in the details. If this is true, it is even more troubling. bit.ly/3JtXJcE
Recently, 63 MPs wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister urging them to include the Canada Disability Benefit in the next budget on April 16, 2024. Read the letter below. #CanadaDisabilityBenefit #FundtheBenefit #FundtheBenefitNow #FundTheCDB
The delay of MAiD as it relates to mental illness as the sole condition is just that, a delay, not a victory, yet we have become silent. Track 2 still exists where persons with disabilities are targeted and euthanized, our silence is their best weapon. theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…
Senate has adopted Bill C-62, not a victory but a 3 year delay of euthanizing persons not at end of life with mental illness. It should have been discarded in it's entirety along with Track 2. Lots of work still to be done.
Brought to you by the Doctors Ka-Boom! Latest publication with lifelong friend and co-conspirator @MichelleLStack
Brought to you by the Doctors Ka-Boom! Latest publication with lifelong friend and co-conspirator @MichelleLStack
We urge the govn't to not proceed with MAiD for mental illness. Unlike what @markhollandlib is quoted to say, its not about the "system being ready", its about providing adequate mental health supports in our system-not opting for assisted suicide instead. bit.ly/429farm
Note on the Hill Times MAiD article I just read @StanKutcher stated in the article that MAiD T2 is a "comfort", it is not. Housing, financial/social supports, access to timely/adequate services, are comforts to persons with disabilities. MAiD is the result of their absence.
In this episode we discuss #MedicalAidInDying (MAID) in Canada including the lack of safeguards, increasing number of cases, ethical implications, + much more. Guests Bill Gardner, @LeonieHerx, and @Psych_MD. #hpm Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp293 - hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
Explosive exposure Miranda Schreiber @thewalrus of the #MAID #Euthanasia lobby & $ behind @DWDCanada w my five cents about troubling lack of “distance between [DwD] and decision makers” thewalrus.ca/dying-with-dig… w comments also by @LeonieHerx @ProfTimSUBC
Testified Tue @ Parl Ctee #MAID: striking how Senators & @HealthCanada officials swallow rhetoric that it violates Charter not to offer death as therapy for mental illness. @JusticeCanadaEN lawyer had integrity to stay neutral. Timely msg @JuliusGrey in line w our opposite arg's
Testified Tue @ Parl Ctee #MAID: striking how Senators & @HealthCanada officials swallow rhetoric that it violates Charter not to offer death as therapy for mental illness. @JusticeCanadaEN lawyer had integrity to stay neutral. Timely msg @JuliusGrey in line w our opposite arg's
🙋 Can you be too productive to be considered disabled? According to some government programs, yes! 🤯 Dr. Heidi Janz (@DrHeid) shares her everyday life and her curious problem in the unapologetic documentary WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU... → bit.ly/3D7m02n #NFB
Canada tops the world in #MAiD organ donations. nationalpost.com/opinion/assist… The study doesn't include donor ages, but does this mean younger patients with healthy organs, which could also mean Track 2 and/or socio-economic drivers? #cdnpoli onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…
Amen!
Thinking about Bill C-22 being a supplement to existing disability benefits, and considering the additional costs persons with disabilities face. What level do you think the government will come in at, not what PwD necessarly need, but the level the you think gov will agree to?
For crying out loud, Canada! Just get it done! #PassC22 #disabilitywithoutpoverty
For crying out loud, Canada! Just get it done! #PassC22 #disabilitywithoutpoverty
As a soon-to-be senior who ALREADY sits in a chair and drools, I think this comment--and this play--should be classified as HATE SPEECH against pwd.
As a soon-to-be senior who ALREADY sits in a chair and drools, I think this comment--and this play--should be classified as HATE SPEECH against pwd.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Lots of us are gonna die if we can't count on you to #RatifyC22 @BradRedekopp @SorayaMartinezF @SeanCaseyLPC @DavidMcGuinty
@BlondeHistorian @sbram94 I get it. I posted about wishing a local business was accessible. I didn't mention their name, but a local follower recognized them. I rcvd a dm from the business owner saying they felt publicly shamed. The irony is that's how I feel rolling past everyone waiting to get inside
The current state of the world. "Women who suffered brain death should be used as pregnancy surrogates." "Medical Assistance in Dying is harm reduction" "Infants with disabilities, up to one year of age, should be eligible for euthanization"
...and me.
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Great Q&A panel happening at the @CRFSummit about #MAID in Canada. Big thanks to @AlexSchadenberg, @DrHeid, and others for sharing so candidly and articulately about this serious issue of life and death.
Senate has adopted Bill C-62, not a victory but a 3 year delay of euthanizing persons not at end of life with mental illness. It should have been discarded in it's entirety along with Track 2. Lots of work still to be done.
Pro-euthanasia parliamentarians hold press conferences and create news stories to say only a handful of people would qualify under mental illness as the sole condition for MAiD, In contrast, in relation to pushing the CDB which would help 100,000's, they sit in silence.
The rapid expansion of #MAID #euthanasia, particularly how law & policy were shaped, reveals the ingrained insular & amateuristic nature of Canadian policy making, w small group of 'we know best' experts & commentators ignoring evidence & all disability advocacy organisations
The dithering on #MAiD reveals the ingrained cowardice in Canadian politics. The job of legislators is to legislate, not procrastinate, by @picardonhealth via @GlobeDebate #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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We urge the govn't to not proceed with MAiD for mental illness. Unlike what @markhollandlib is quoted to say, its not about the "system being ready", its about providing adequate mental health supports in our system-not opting for assisted suicide instead. bit.ly/429farm
Note on the Hill Times MAiD article I just read @StanKutcher stated in the article that MAiD T2 is a "comfort", it is not. Housing, financial/social supports, access to timely/adequate services, are comforts to persons with disabilities. MAiD is the result of their absence.
In this episode we discuss #MedicalAidInDying (MAID) in Canada including the lack of safeguards, increasing number of cases, ethical implications, + much more. Guests Bill Gardner, @LeonieHerx, and @Psych_MD. #hpm Episode bit.ly/GeriPalEp293 - hosts @AlexSmithMD | @EWidera
How did the lobby group @DWDCanada amass enough power to inform both the discourse and policy making surrounding one of Canada’s most hotly debated subjects? Miranda Schreiber explores. thewalrus.ca/dying-with-dig…
Explosive exposure Miranda Schreiber @thewalrus of the #MAID #Euthanasia lobby & $ behind @DWDCanada w my five cents about troubling lack of “distance between [DwD] and decision makers” thewalrus.ca/dying-with-dig… w comments also by @LeonieHerx @ProfTimSUBC
The Canadian Transportation Agency has handed Air Canada a fine of $97,500 after a passenger who uses a wheelchair was made to drag himself off a plane in Las Vegas. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
as someone physically yanked on my supporting arm, causing me to lose my balance and nearly tip out of the aisle chair. I was left dangling as staff were unable to situate me properly in the aisle chair and had to call for help.
Testified Tue @ Parl Ctee #MAID: striking how Senators & @HealthCanada officials swallow rhetoric that it violates Charter not to offer death as therapy for mental illness. @JusticeCanadaEN lawyer had integrity to stay neutral. Timely msg @JuliusGrey in line w our opposite arg's
Lawyer to challenge MAiD for mentally ill catholicregister.org/item/36153-law… via @CatholicRegistr
An important paper 👇
#euthanasia #MAiD in Canada: "If we fail to consider the antitherapeutic effects of incarceration, the acuity & prevalence of mental illness will be magnified & demand for #MAiD in prisons will increase." Dylan McKibbon warns (via @Psych_MD ) impactethics.ca/2023/11/22/lif…
@DrHeid Lol!! You are both a role model and “roll model” 😂🥰
Thank you Jessica Ng for the interview on CBC Radio Active and talking with me (director, co-producer) and @WendyMcNeill (performer, musician, co-producer) about our SWALLOW, DEAR SWALLOW screening at @BroadviewIntFilmFest Nov 10 at 7pm: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…