A Better Future
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are covert and unregulated in the Canada
of today. Also, their accessibility has more to do with "connections"
than with need. They must become available within an open, regulated and
equitable system.
A Better Present
People who are suffering intolerably from an incurable condition must have
an adequate level of information and support with respect to every one
of their options — including, though not limited to, the option of a hastened
death.
We inform/advise legislators and other government personnel ("lobbying").
We educate the public, through our website and in cooperation with the
mass media.
We participate in "think tanks" devoted to improving the availability
of humane and reliable self-deliverance methods.
We present a complete range of options to people who consult us as part
of considering a hastened death, always working to help them find the option
which is best for them, whether or not that turns out to be self-deliverance.
If you live for many years more, you may gain from our efforts to improve
the law. You may be able to "write your own last chapter" with
help from a wide range of qualified and supportive professionals.
Even if you do not live long enough for that, you may at least be able
to die comforted by a well-founded expectation that those in the next generation
will not face obstacles in planning a good death.
If you die before the law gets changed, prosecution policies may nevertheless
have changed enough that your friends and relatives feel they can support
your wishes without facing imprisonment.
If even that has not happened, you can still use our resources and partnerings to produce a situation in which you can come acceptably close to dying
on your own terms.
By joining, and increasing our membership count, you give us more credibility with
the public and with politicians.
You can use data and ideas acquired through the Society to increase your persuasiveness in letters
to newspapers or in discussions with parliamentarians.
You may have experience and abilities which you can offer to the Society
by serving as an advisor or as an officer.
By your financial contribution you enable the group to do more for you
and for your fellow citizens. Memberships and gifts are our only revenue,
programs and services are our only expenditure — all who work for the Society
do so as unpaid volunteers.