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Today, on International Day for Persons with Disabilities, The Canadian federal gov voted yes to Bill C-7, expanding the medically assisted death program (MAiD) to include death for disabled folks even if they aren't close to death. This ableist bill promotes eugenics. #IDPWD2020
Canadians know 
has some deep rooted systemic ableism it needs to resolve. (We don't even have an active law against disability discrimination until 2040!)
But when even the Minister of Disability Inclusion @CQualtro voted for Bill C-7, life feels hopeless. #IDPD2020
has some deep rooted systemic ableism it needs to resolve. (We don't even have an active law against disability discrimination until 2040!) But when even the Minister of Disability Inclusion @CQualtro voted for Bill C-7, life feels hopeless. #IDPD2020
What makes this worse? Even the politicians I admire @theJagmeetSingh @LeahGazan @MPJulian @MatthewGreenNDP @DonDavies @nikiashton voted yes on Bill C-7. This bill puts disability rights into a spiral. It is now easier to die needlessly than to get help.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/43/2/15
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/43/2/15
Politicians can't say they care about disabled folks, then turn around & vote yes to make it easier for them to die when the gov is too cheap to give the resources to live on in desperate need.
The ableist Bill C-7 makes it so disabled folks don't have to be dying to die. #IDPWD
The ableist Bill C-7 makes it so disabled folks don't have to be dying to die. #IDPWD
This whole thing is why I don't personally celebrate #InternationalDayOfPeopleWithDisability - because it is just a day in words. Actions speak the opposite, and we saw that today.
the very politicians posting about #IDPD2020 are the ones who voted for their deaths today. #IDPWD
the very politicians posting about #IDPD2020 are the ones who voted for their deaths today. #IDPWD
I brought back my twitter account for this thread. Why? because I want people to understand something:
The Canadian government, across all parties, would prefer to pay for disabled people to die rather than help them financially to survive.
Voting for it on #IDPD is just cruel.
The Canadian government, across all parties, would prefer to pay for disabled people to die rather than help them financially to survive.
Voting for it on #IDPD is just cruel.
