VIDEO: Coming Together in Memory and Hope
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COMING TOGETHER IN MEMORY AND HOPE
This is a defining moment in the epic legal battle the BC Civil Liberties Association has been waging for over four years to decriminalize physician assisted dying.
Tomorrow, on October 15, 2014, the BCCLA will argue its landmark death with dignity case before the Supreme Court of Canada. We are excited, apprehensive, hopeful and relieved to finally have the opportunity to argue our case before the highest court in the land.
Family members have travelled across the country to attend the hearing. As we gather together in Ottawa, our thoughts will turn to the people who are no longer with us, people who contributed their time and heart to this case, for whom a challenge to laws did not come soon enough. We take this case, and this hearing, very seriously, because we know that we are now their voice.
Read BCCLA Litigation Director Grace Pastine's personal blog on the people behind this case here.
VIDEO: "WHAT'S AT STAKE IS REAL PEOPLE'S SUFFERING"
When Gloria Taylor passed away in 2012, Elayne Shapray took a brave step into the public spotlight.
In this short film, Elayne and the Carter family speak powerfully about our shared struggle for dignity and choice. Our great thanks go out to filmmaker Kevin Eastwood and his team who worked on this piece, and will be putting together a longer version to come out after the Supreme Court judgement.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLACE AT THE BEDSIDES OF SICK AND DYING CANADIANS
As the Supreme Court of Canada listens to arguments and carefully weighs the constitutional rights at issue, the world will be watching with hope.
Now is the time for Canada to decriminalize physician-assisted dying and give seriously ill patients the compassion and dignity they deserve.
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