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January 16, 2010 Relief Efforts in Haiti

On behalf of our President and Board of Directors we would like to communicate a few suggestions in your giving to the relief effort in Haiti.

•   Please read this statement from our Prime Minister

Our government has promised to match donations from Canadians and we would like to encourage you to give towards this effort.

•   Please see this message from Bev Oda, our Minister of International Cooperation

Any registered Canadian Charity is eligible for this initiative. Here are a few suggestions:
•   Mission Possible Canada
•   Salvation Army Haiti Disaster
•   Samaritans Purse Canada
•   World Vision Canada
•   The Canadian Red Cross
•   Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders
•   Care Canada

Dangers of Euthanasia Becoming Legal

Dr. Jose Pereira has been working hard at increasing awareness of the dangers of euthanasia becoming legal while highlighting the need to improve end of life care in Canada.

A quote from Dr. Pereira: "Many patients (65%) being cared for in Canadian palliative care programs say that they support legalizing euthanasia and/or physician assisted suicide(PAS), but when asked if they would ask for it "right now" if it were available, almost none of them wanted euthanasia or PAS (less than 5%) [Wilson K. et al.2007]. Even in their current condition, their lives were worth living. We have to be careful about not projecting our own concepts of quality of life on someone else. It is clear that humans have an inborn capacity to adjust to dying."

•   A press release from the Bruyere Continuing Care Centre on C-384