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Your engagement and debate is precisely what is needed to counter the ableist & privileged perspectives, and DWD lobbied activist legislators, that have, frankly, hijacked #MAiD expansion so far.

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And *thank you* for everyone's deep engagement and thoughtfulness, pushing beyond the ideologically romanticized #MAiD expansion advertising and the overly simplistic reductionism of (privileged) autonomy that erases and denies impacts of structural inequities.

3/3
What a dream team, so proud/honoured to be working with you all & the rest of our team!

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...including our "top doc" psychiatrists (Drs. Rob Jaunkalns, Anthony Levitt & Jay Moss, who between them comprised over 1/3 of the "top doc" psychiatrists!) and our brain sciences program chief "top doc" neurosurgeon Dr. Nir Lipsman...

2/2 - A big TY to all and many who worked for years to make this happen (and also to all our mental health inpatients who helped make this such a smooth transition!)

Sadly the #'s in Canada have gotten worse...2022 data showed >1/3 cited feeling a burden and ~1/5 loneliness as fueling #AssistedSuicide requests; 2023 shows on Track 2 (disabled who are not dying) much worse - nearly half (!) cite loneliness, and feeling a burden, as drivers for state euthanasia