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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

really need some help today, friends E-transfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com

Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Where Are the Millions BC Promised for People with Brain Injuries? For more than a decade, the Rick Hansen Foundation has devoted almost all of a $2-million annual neurotrauma fund to spinal cord injuries. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

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Where Are the Millions BC Promised for People with Brain Injuries? | The Tyee

For more than a decade, the Rick Hansen Foundation has devoted almost all of a $2-million annual neurotrauma fund to spinal cord injuries.

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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 30/07/2026

HOLY SHIT. We finally have a ruling on the Mental Health Act deemed consent constitutional challenge in BC. The judge ruled in favour of the plaintifs—the Council of Canadians with Disabilities. Deemed consent is unconstitutional. This is HUGE. www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/2... @jacksonployal.com

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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 31/07/2026

Days like these I'm grateful I don't have a huge following, because the discourse elsewhere around this issue has been VILE. The court has NOT ruled the whole Mental Health Act unconstitutional, friends. Just the deemed consent part. The forced-treatment-without-capacity-assessement part.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Anyway, I'm pretty bummed at moment & try not to share when I'm feeling this down so I'll sign off. I know there are others who share my feelings about Rick Hansen and his foundation and I also know that I am one of the only who says things publicly bc I have nothing left to lose. Other are afraid.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is pure grift. This is not how you create accessibility. Rick Hansen's brand wasn't even accessibility until there were govt funds on table. He was fundraising for a cure spinal cord injury & was given a platform by Brian Mulroney who wanted to BLOCK disability rights activism at the time.

A photo of Premier War Kinew shaking Rick Hansen's hand. In background are flags.
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Rick Hansen has been a hero of mine since I was a kid.
40 years after the Man In Motion World Tour first inspired a global movement, that same spirit is showing up at the highest levels of government.
Along with my fellow Premiers' and the Rick Hansen Foundation we are committing to:
Advancing accessibility nationwide
Harmonizing barrier-free standards
Applying accessibility best practices in publicly funded construction
Advocating for a National Accessibility Retrofit Fund
Supporting a national "Many In Motion Day" to share
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Thank you Rick for a heroic lifetime of inspiration, advocacy and moving towards the dream of an inclusive and accessible Canada for all.
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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This GoFundMe is three years old and there are no funds left but the need is still very real & urgent. The friend has temporary tenancy with someone but still no permanent housing, belongings still in storage. No funds for Aug 1st. Please help if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-nee...

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Donate to URGENT NEED for a friend of G (Gabrielle Peters), organized by Bethany Lindsay

UPDATE (Feb. 19, 2026): It’s been a very long time since an update wa… Bethany Lindsay needs your support for URGENT NEED for a friend of G (Gabrielle Peters)

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Jonathan Pettitt @genotripe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

“Climate breakdown is not a natural disaster. It is a business model that privatises profit and socialises cost”

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Maybe I'm not overthinking, maybe I'm just regular thinking about stuff that’s overhappening

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The muppets Christmas carol is a fun film containing some memorable performances and catchy songs. There, I said it.

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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 04/07/2026

ER to be closed over two days this weekend at 100 Mile House District General Hospital #Kamloops

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ER to be closed over two days this weekend at 100 Mile House District General Hospital - Kamloops News

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's still early in the election (& I have yet to get an interview w/Mayor Sim), but my last *scheduled* Vancouver mayoral candidate interview is on @thetyee.ca . Meet Stephanie Allen, a former BC Housing exec & Hogan's Alley Soc. co-founder running for mayor with COPE. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

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Stephanie Allen Wants to Be Vancouver’s Next Mayor | The Tyee

The former BC Housing exec pledges to use her research and building bona fides to serve the whole city.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Others have made this point, but I will underscore: if we are talking about how to power & cool enormous data centres yet letting out vulnerable neighbours die of heat our values & priorities are a tragedy.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The famous Quebec ice storm of 1998, which left millions without power for days to months and spawned longitudinal datasets that led to innovative findings on prenatal stress’ impacts on children, killed ~35 in Canada and a smaller # in USA. Heat dome killed 676 within a week.

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Devon Greyson @greyson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

So timely in light of the European heatwaves we’re seeing currently. Heat kills; until our own Western Canada heat dome in 2021 I did not know the magnitude of it. In a country no stranger to snow and ice storms, the heat dome was the deadliest weather event recorded.

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Michael Schwandt @michaelschwandt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Absolute must-read. 👇🏽

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch on the anniversary of the deadly 2021 BC heat dome about her memories, lessons learned and her research on heat. substack.com/@mssinenomin...

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Heat Beat: Q&A With Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch on the Anniversary of the Heat Dome

This is the first in a series of posts about heat and the five year anniversary of the BC heat dome.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Oh...I need a copy of this! Going to the top of my Wishlist.

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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Thanks for this article about my new book in Disability News Service. Disability a History of Resistance releases next Thursday in print, audio and ebook formats #disavilityhistory

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Words like 'extremist', 'misinformation,' and 'anecdotal' are weaponized by proponents to limit opposition to MAiD. The target audience is not general public. Rather this is intended to play into respectability politics within the disability community. mssinenomine.substack.com/p/i-am-extre...

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I Am An Extremist...Apparently

According to some I am an extremist because I believe in the abolition of MAiD.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I Am Extremist...Apparently I wrote about how some have accused me of being an extremist for maintaining a principled and consistent position about the need for abolition of MAiD open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...

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I Am An Extremist...Apparently

According to some I am an extremist because I believe in the abolition of MAiD.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Report of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying www.parl.ca/Content/Comm...

RECOMMENDATION
As a result of their deliberations committees may make recommendations which they
include in their reports for the consideration of the Senate, the House of Commons or the
Government. A recommendation related to this study is listed below.
Recommendation 1
That the Government of Canada amend the Criminal Code to indefinitely
exclude persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness
from eligibility for medical assistance in dying.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I am often referred to as a disability activist or advocate and despite years of telling people that I don’t consider myself either of those, the miscategorization/mischaracterization persists. So I figured it was time to suggest an alternative. open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...

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I am not a disability activist or advocate.

I am often referred to as a disability activist or advocate and despite years of telling people that I don’t consider myself either of those, the miscategorization/mischaracterization persists.

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Alessio Spassiani (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @aspassiani.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"Staff have worked diligently to plan a fair, accessible, and secure election, and are committed to improving the voter experience for the 2026 Vancouver election.” Well then the staff have failed. Own up to your failure to make the election actually accessible and listen to the community!

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Here's a story about how In the past the City of Vancouver did almost nothing and unsurprisingly almost no one came. They are now using that as an excuse to lower the already paltry access to a ballot marking device for disabled people in this election. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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‘Voter suppression’: Disability advocate slams proposal for single assisted voting device in Vancouver election

A proposal to provide just one assisted voting device for all of Vancouver during this year’s municipal election would amount to “voter suppression,” according to a local disability advocate.

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Maria Dobrinskaya @mdobrinskaya.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

“At the same time this is a black and white question of voter suppression. If the government does not create the conditions for people - all people - to cast a secret ballot then the government is failing at democracy not just accessibility.” #vanpoli

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"Educators come to work every day to make a positive impact in the lives of those they work with...Yet, we’re now doing this in a context where MAID debates are unfolding amid rising eugenic-ableist rhetoric..." theconversation.com/canadas-poss...

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Canada’s possible expansion of MAID for mental illness is worrisome, including for high schools

In 2027, Canadians 18 years and older with mental illness who are deemed to meet age and other eligibility criteria could potentially access doctor-assisted death in Canada.

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

"It’s very concerning to see the continued disregard for accessibility. Change is urgently due." - @stephanieformayor.bsky.social

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I wrote about how City of Vancouver almost celebrated National Accessibility Week by voting to reduce voter accessibility in upcoming election. The motion wasn't defeated. The agenda item was just moved to June 9th. Voter Suppression in Vancouver Election open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...

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Voter Suppression In Vancouver Election: Reduced Accessibility On Vancouver Council's Agenda for National Accessibility Week

Highlights:

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sighborg👩‍🦼🫁🩸🩻 @sigh-b0rg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

There is no limit to the depravity of this practice and the proponents of it.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In the ever-lowering bar of what this country tolerates, a man was assessed for MAiD at Tim Horton's and then killed via MAiD at an industrial plaza with a holding facility where cadavers are prepared for transport to funeral homes. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Ontario doctor cautioned over MAID complaints can continue practice under supervision, regulator rules

One patient of Dr. James MacLean’s resumed breathing after being declared dead, and another was assessed for assisted dying outside a Tim Hortons, probe finds

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Anne Thériault @annetheriault.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

That feels like it happened in a whole other lifetime. Anyway, today I carefully cleaned her statue and lit a candle for her. I keep my little rabbits close to her because there were rabbits in her cemetery in Geel. Writing that essay about her was truly life-changing and, man, life is weird.

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Anne Thériault @annetheriault.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Happy Feast of Saint Dymphna, the patron saint of (among other things) those suffering from mental illness. She is, as always, my girl. Hard to believe that seven years ago today I was in Belgium attending her special festivities in Geel while working on a story about her & her incredible legacy.

A statue of St Dymphna on my windowsill 🪟 with two little rabbit figurines

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I wrote a post about the NDP's developing position on MAiD in Canada that comprises a reprint of a Substack by Gabrielle Peters, an incomparable disabled policy researcher add activist biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/05/13/m...

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MAiD in Canada and Its Discontents

If you read Canadian media, you might have come across news items that indicate how the new federal leader of the New Democratic Party, Avi Lewis, has ‘voiced concerns about the trajectory of…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2026

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.

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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After…

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

MUST READ. You'll be 100% glad you did. "Those who are everywhere and nowhere" Incredible piece from Eskişehir Disability Solidarity Network. "In the ableist regime, how we look at our bodies and how we perceive our limits are not independent of power relations." bianet.org/yazi/those-w...

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Those who are everywhere and nowhere: Toward an anti-capitalist disability movement

The Eskişehir Disability Solidarity Network transformed its slogan "Speed belongs to capitalism, life belongs to us," determined through common pursuits rising from different cities, into a bodily tru...

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Several media outlets have been obligingly regurgitating a Dying with Dignity narrative and talking point without doing their own research. Finally someone - @spichaksimon.bsky.social - actually watched the MAID Committee hearings before writing. simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/who-s-shap...

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Who's Shaping the Conversation On MAiD Expansion

As the CEO of Dying with Dignity is set to testify, I highlight potential gaps in lobbying disclosure and question media coverage of the so-called bias in the hearings.

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Robyn @robynmchan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In 2021 the Vancouver City Planning Commission (led by @mssinenomine.bsky.social and @ayasinvan.bsky.social) wrote a memo outlining how the City should respond to heat events. Very few actions were actually taken, and now the rest are being cut. People will die. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Vancouver city council approves motion to plan for future heat waves after criticism | CBC News

Vancouver city council has passed a motion to plan for future heat waves after B.C. saw a spike in sudden deaths during last month’s unprecedented heat dome.

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Back in 2021 while fighting MAiD expansion I said to @kwardvancouver.bsky.social that we live in a country that will deny you access to proper pain meds bc 'risks' but will offer to kill you instead. That's what happened here. www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/04/21/t...

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'The only thing left': One woman's journey from MAID critic to MAID widow

Michelle Hewitt has long warned MAID endangers people with disabilities. But she made the ‘hardest decision’ to support her husband’s MAID

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/04/2026

Hospitals have come to prioritize lab tests over patient time, which can have dangerous side effects. Meghan O'Rourke on a new book, "The Elusive Body," and the makings of a diagnostic crisis:

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The Paradox of Modern Medicine

Testing has become so advanced that doctors now miss important elements of diagnosis.

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em @emenelope.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

haunting read. i knew it was bad but this is dire

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

“MAiD is discrimination not a solution to it. It must be repealed not expanded.”

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

If anyone is interested, I've posted a longer version of my testimony to the Special Joint Committee on MAiD about Eligibility of Persons Whose Sole Underlying Medical Condition is a Mental Illness open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...

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My Testimony to Special Joint Committee On MAID.

Re: Eligibility of Persons Whose Sole Underlying Medical Condition is a Mental Illness

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

MUST READ. @cfraz.bsky.social just published a paper documenting her experiences during her 2-yr engagement w the Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors & Providers [CAMAP]. It is damning. Plausible deniability is off-the-table for those at helm of MAID. No paywall cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cj...

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ABLEISM ENTRENCHED: Inside the Pedagogical Politics of Canada’s MAiD Curriculum

This article seeks to illuminate the chasm that exists between the promise of a stringent, humane and equitable MAiD regime and the actual realities of MAiD for non-dying persons [known as Track 2, or...

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Larissa @purlgurly.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"It may make some people feel better about MAID in Ontario, because the problems will be hidden from public scrutiny, but that is not oversight. This is a real loss for Ontario, and for Canada more widely." ~Prof. Isabel Grant, UBC

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Larissa @purlgurly.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"By reviewing individual deaths in detail, Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee had been raising questions about how MAID is granted for people who are not nearing their natural deaths. Their reports and case studies generated significant media attention..." And of course, we can't have that.

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Larissa @purlgurly.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hmmm, I'm detecting a theme in #ONpoli

Until March 25, Ontario had a 16-member committee that reviewed MAID deaths that had occurred in the province. The MAiD Death Review Committee was established by Ontario's Chief Coroner, Dr. Dirk Huyer, in January, 2024. It was described in a committee annual report that year as the first of its kind in Canada to have experts from different fields to "provide enhanced evaluation of MAiD deaths and to explore end-of-life complexities that have systemic and practice implications."

But the committee is at the end of its two-year term, and Dr. Huyer issued a call for new members April 2 in a document obtained by The Globe and Mail. The posting differs in several ways from the version issued in late
2023.

According to the new posting, the committee will have only six to eight members instead of 16. Members will meet five times a year, as opposed to the commitment in 2024 to meet 10 times. The new meetings will last two to three hours, compared with the earlier commitment to meet for four to five. The new committee will review 20 deaths a year. In 2024, the posting called for a review of 25 complex cases, although the coroner's office says only 14 were examined.

Membership in the new committee will be limited to those "interested in supporting MAiD practice," the posting from last week shows.

Language emphasizing "independent expert review" has been removed, replaced with a focus on providing "guidance to practitioners" and efforts to "support emerging MAiD practice."

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Ontario overhauls MAID oversight committee to remove any critics “It may make some people feel better about MAID...bc the problems will be hidden from public scrutiny, but that is not oversight.” @igrantubc.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Ontario overhauls MAID oversight committee, critics say it’s to remove dissenters

Former members say proposed version is designed to be less rigorous and to provide less oversight

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