(From Dr. Sephora Tang, a Catholic psychiatrist):
Dear Friends,
Bad news.  Please fast and pray.
The Senate today (February 10th) voted to expand MAID  to people with mental illness.
The Senate today voted to allow MAID by advance directive.
The Senate defeated our most important patient protection, that MAID discussions be patient-initiated only.
 
The Amendment to protect freedom of conscience will be voted on tomorrow Feb 11, 2021 in the afternoon or evening.
 
I am begging you all to:
1. Email all Senators now.
2. Ask your friends to do the same.
Instructions:  Copy paste the message below with the attached letter into your own email.  Email all senators at email addresses provided below.
Subject heading: Ontario Medical Association, Rabbis and Indigenous Leaders join us in urging you to vote for the conscience protection amendment to Bill C-7
Message:
Please vote for  the conscience protection amendment because:
1. Ethical differences can be solved through administrative solutions, as has been shown in many jurisdictions, rather than by forced referral.
2. Patients receive better care when their doctors are free to act with integrity.
3. The Ontario Medical Association letter proves that the obligation to refer is a real problem, and seeks resolution from the federal government.
4. To force health professionals to violate their conscience is discriminatory against members of minority groups, as is cogently stated in the attached letters from Indigenous leaders and Rabbis.
email for all senators:

“salma.ataullahjan@sen.parl.gc.ca” <salma.ataullahjan@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“denise.batters@sen.parl.gc.ca” <denise.batters@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“diane.bellemare@sen.parl.gc.ca” <diane.bellemare@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“WandaThomas.Bernard@sen.parl.gc.ca” <WandaThomas.Bernard@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Lynn.Beyak@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Lynn.Beyak@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“doug.black@sen.parl.gc.ca” <doug.black@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“robert.black@sen.parl.gc.ca” <robert.black@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Peter.Boehm@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Peter.Boehm@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“pierre-hugues.boisvenu@sen.parl.gc.ca” <pierre-hugues.boisvenu@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Gwen.Boniface@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Gwen.Boniface@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Patricia.Bovey@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Patricia.Bovey@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Yvonne.Boyer@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Yvonne.Boyer@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Patrick.Brazeau@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Patrick.Brazeau@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Bev.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Bev.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“larry.campbell@sen.parl.gc.ca” <larry.campbell@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“claude.carignan@sen.parl.gc.ca” <claude.carignan@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“daniel.christmas@sen.parl.gc.ca” <daniel.christmas@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“jane.cordy@sen.parl.gc.ca” <jane.cordy@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Rene.Cormier@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Rene.Cormier@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Brent.Cotter@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Brent.Cotter@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Mary.Coyle@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Mary.Coyle@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“jean-guy.dagenais@sen.parl.gc.ca” <jean-guy.dagenais@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“PierreJ.Dalphond@sen.parl.gc.ca” <PierreJ.Dalphond@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Donna.Dasko@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Donna.Dasko@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“dennis.dawson@sen.parl.gc.ca” <dennis.dawson@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“colin.deacon@sen.parl.gc.ca” <colin.deacon@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Marty.Deacon@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Marty.Deacon@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Tony.Dean@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Tony.Dean@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“percy.downe@sen.parl.gc.ca” <percy.downe@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“norman.doyle@sen.parl.gc.ca” <norman.doyle@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Michael.Duffy@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Michael.Duffy@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Pat.Duncan@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Pat.Duncan@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Renee.Dupuis@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Renee.Dupuis@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Eric.Forest@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Eric.Forest@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Josee.Forest-Niesing@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Josee.Forest-Niesing@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Brian.Francis@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Brian.Francis@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“linda.frum@sen.parl.gc.ca” <linda.frum@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“george.furey@sen.parl.gc.ca” <george.furey@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Raymonde.Gagne@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Raymonde.Gagne@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“rosa.galvez@sen.parl.gc.ca” <rosa.galvez@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“marc.gold@sen.parl.gc.ca” <marc.gold@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“stephen.greene@sen.parl.gc.ca” <stephen.greene@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Diane.Griffin@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Diane.Griffin@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“peter.harder@sen.parl.gc.ca” <peter.harder@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Nancy.Hartling@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Nancy.Hartling@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Leo.Housakos@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Leo.Housakos@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“mobina.jaffer@sen.parl.gc.ca” <mobina.jaffer@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Judith.Keating@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Judith.Keating@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Marty.Klyne@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Marty.Klyne@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Stanley.Kutcher@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Stanley.Kutcher@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Patti.LaBoucane-Benson@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Patti.LaBoucane-Benson@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Frances.Lankin@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Frances.Lankin@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Tony.Loffreda@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Tony.Loffreda@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“carol.smith@sen.parl.gc.ca” <carol.smith@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“michael.macdonald@sen.parl.gc.ca” <michael.macdonald@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“fabian.manning@sen.parl.gc.ca” <fabian.manning@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“elizabeth.marshall@sen.parl.gc.ca” <elizabeth.marshall@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“martin@sen.parl.gc.ca” <martin@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“sabi.marwah@sen.parl.gc.ca” <sabi.marwah@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“paul.massicotte@sen.parl.gc.ca” <paul.massicotte@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“MaryJane.McCallum@sen.parl.gc.ca” <MaryJane.McCallum@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“elaine.mccoy@sen.parl.gc.ca” <elaine.mccoy@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Marilou.McPhedran@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Marilou.McPhedran@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“marie-francoise.megie@sen.parl.gc.ca” <marie-francoise.megie@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“terry.mercer@sen.parl.gc.ca” <terry.mercer@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“julie.miville-dechene@sen.parl.gc.ca” <julie.miville-dechene@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“percy.mockler@sen.parl.gc.ca” <percy.mockler@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Lucie.Moncion@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Lucie.Moncion@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Rosemary.Moodie@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Rosemary.Moodie@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“jim.munson@sen.parl.gc.ca” <jim.munson@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“thanhhai.ngo@sen.parl.gc.ca” <thanhhai.ngo@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“senator.oh@sen.parl.gc.ca” <senator.oh@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Ratna.Omidvar@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Ratna.Omidvar@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Kim.Pate@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Kim.Pate@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“dennis.patterson@sen.parl.gc.ca” <dennis.patterson@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Chantal.Petitclerc@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Chantal.Petitclerc@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“don.plett@sen.parl.gc.ca” <don.plett@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“rosemay.poirier@sen.parl.gc.ca” <rosemay.poirier@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Mohamed-iqbal.ravalia@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Mohamed-iqbal.ravalia@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“David.Richards@sen.parl.gc.ca” <David.Richards@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“pierrette.ringuette@sen.parl.gc.ca” <pierrette.ringuette@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“raymonde.saint-germain@sen.parl.gc.ca” <raymonde.saint-germain@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“judith.seidman@sen.parl.gc.ca” <judith.seidman@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Paula.Simons@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Paula.Simons@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Senator.Sinclair@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Senator.Sinclair@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“larry.smith@sen.parl.gc.ca” <larry.smith@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“SenatorStewartOlsen@sen.parl.gc.ca” <SenatorStewartOlsen@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“scott.tannas@sen.parl.gc.ca” <scott.tannas@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“josee.verner@sen.parl.gc.ca” <josee.verner@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“pamela.wallin@sen.parl.gc.ca” <pamela.wallin@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“davidwells@sen.parl.gc.ca” <davidwells@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“Howard.Wetston@sen.parl.gc.ca” <Howard.Wetston@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“senatorwhite@sen.parl.gc.ca” <senatorwhite@sen.parl.gc.ca>,
“YuenPau.Woo@sen.parl.gc.ca” <YuenPau.Woo@sen.parl.gc.ca>,

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