Bill C7 Slam Poem

Bill C-7 is a motion to expand medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Canada to persons with disabilities whose deaths are not foreseeable. Persons with disabilities are protesting that the Canadian government is proposing to offer medically assisted deaths to individuals without offering adequate social supports, housing, medical equipment, nutrition, and mental health supports. After the pandemic is over I don’t know if my troubles will be fewer, or if my life will be valued, as people see my life as a prelude to choosing medical assistance in dying — I don’t know why they’re trying to imagine life in my shoes, as something not worthy to choose. I hope I will be okay, and all the friends I’ve met along the way, and we will have the help we need, and not be stopped by ignorance and greed. Just because I’m diagnosed with schizophrenia doesn’t mean I should be worth any less to ya! And just because I can barely walk doesn’t mean you shouldn’t listen to me talk! I don’t know the day I will die, or all the tears I will cry, but it’s not up to you to take my tears away, and causing my death is not okay! Why don’t you ask what I have to offer society, instead of offering to put an end to me!