{"id":15557,"date":"2025-04-04T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/?post_type=article&p=15557"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:48:27","slug":"greens-respond-to-un-recommendation-on-track-2-maid","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/news\/greens-respond-to-un-recommendation-on-track-2-maid","title":{"rendered":"Greens respond to UN Recommendation on \u201cTrack 2\u201d MAiD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada supports the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommendation that Canada repeal the expansion of MAiD for Canadians whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, and appreciates the report’s focus on the underlying systemic hardships that can force disabled people to seek assisted death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGreens have heard loud and clear from the disability community that people are being offered MAID at times when it is both unnecessary and inappropriate to do so,\u201d said Green Party of Canada Co-Leader Elizabeth May. \u201cOur focus should be on closing the social safety net before expanding MAID. People should not have an easier time accessing services to die than services to ensure they can live with independence and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all, Greens are committed to working for justice and compassion. Greens were the first to\u00a0raise this issue<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in Parliament, to the Prime Minister directly, calling to ensure Canadians have access to all relevant forms of treatment before feeling they must resort to MAID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disability Justice<\/span><\/a>\u00a0figures as one of the Green Party of Canada\u2019s 12 platform priorities. Greens are committed to ensuring financial security for people with disabilities, and to breaking down barriers to participation in all parts of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Green Party has a record of amplifying advocacy by the disability community \u2013 with meaningful results. With people with disabilities making up 41% of those living in poverty in Canada, Green MPs built support across party lines to deliver the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) and continue fighting to strengthen its proposed regulations. Here are some key results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n