Discussion · Government Orders
Jamil Jivani Conservative
“We should call this euthanasia, not MAID. The government uses that short name to make ending people's lives sound harmless, but it is not.”
“Mr. Speaker, I agree that using language is important, which is why I call it euthanasia. MAID is an acronym and a term made to sanitize something that is morally very consequential. I think it was used by the government to take something that is very disturbing to many Canadians and make it sound innocuous. It is not innocuous. It is euthanasia. It is about people’s lives being ended. This is serious. We do not need government acronyms in order to talk about this.”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, I agree that using language is important, which is why I call it euthanasia. MAID is an acronym and a term made to sanitize something that is morally very consequential. I think it was used by the government to take something that is very disturbing to many Canadians and make it sound innocuous. It is not innocuous. It is euthanasia. It is about people’s lives being ended. This is serious. We do not need government acronyms in order to talk about this.