Bill C-7, From MAiD to MAD: Medical Assistance in Dying becomes Medically Administered Death
You no longer need to be dying for your physician to end your life
As Canada and the world live in fear of death from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are reminded of the lengths to which public authorities can and should go to prevent death and to protect the common good. We consider as normal and necessary the curtailment of certain individual liberties in the interest of protecting citizens from the spread of disease. We are thus reminded that the exercise of personal autonomy, far from being the supreme value in society, must be limited when it can lead to harm to others.
These observations are eminently pertinent to another great societal debate, as a further threat to the lives of sick, disabled and older Canadians proceeds almost unnoticed. Many Canadians are not even aware of Bill C-7, which was re-tabled on October 5, 2020 in the federal Parliament. This bill, expanding “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) to virtually everyone who is sick and suffering in Canada, will, if passed in its current form, make our country the world leader in administering death.
As medical doctors, we feel compelled to voice our dismay at how individuals who have little lived experience of the realities involved in the everyday practice of medicine suddenly and fundamentally changed the nature of medicine by decriminalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Medicine, understood over the centuries as a profession that never intentionally harmed, but rather healed, comforted, and advocated for the lives of those who are sick and vulnerable, has been transformed into a technical occupation that allows physicians to deliberately end the lives of their suffering patients. Forced participation in arranging and facilitating euthanasia and assisted suicide is now required by certain regulatory colleges.
Unfortunately, our patients are the ones who suffer the most from the consequences of this ill-devised scheme. The shock of a sudden illness, or an accident resulting in disability, can lead patients into feelings of anger, depression, and guilt for requiring care – emotions that, with proper support and attention, can resolve over time. The care and encouragement shown by physicians may be the most powerful force in overcoming despair and providing hope. Unfortunately, patients can no longer unconditionally trust their medical professional to advocate for their life when they are at their weakest and most vulnerable. Suddenly, a lethal injection becomes part of a repertoire of interventions offered to end their pain and suffering.
Bill C-7 would allow those who are not dying to end their lives by a lethal injection at the hands of a doctor or nurse practitioner. Shockingly, most of the safeguards that Parliament deemed necessary in 2016 to protect the lives of vulnerable individuals from a wrongful death are being removed. Under the new bill, an individual whose natural death is considered to be “reasonably foreseeable” could be diagnosed, assessed and euthanized all in one day. We are very concerned that removing the 10-day reflection period and other safeguards will lead to an increase in coerced or tragically unconsidered deaths.
The reckless removal of safeguards previously deemed essential will place desperately vulnerable patients directly in harm’s way and may cost them their very lives.
While the authors of Bill C-7 consider it sufficient to offer patients information about other possible means to alleviate their suffering, there is no requirement that the service be available to the patient. We live in a country where the wait time to see a psychiatrist in certain areas is 4-8 times longer than the 90-day waiting period proposed in the bill for those whose natural death is not considered “reasonably foreseeable”, and where 70% of citizens nearing the end of life still have no access to basic palliative care services. Yet MAiD has been deemed an essential service under the Canada Health Act and palliative care has not. This bill creates the conditions for cheap and easy death through euthanasia or assisted suicide.
This is not the medicine that we have devoted our lives to practicing. Our intent is to heal and to alleviate suffering, not to deliberately end life. We advocate for the lives of our patients, not their deaths. We believe in garnering adequate supports for all our patients so that they have the basic requirements needed to live; we do not sanction and facilitate their death as a response to their suffering.
Our profession has been coerced into facilitating suicide rather than preventing it, for ever-increasing numbers of citizens. We watch in utter dismay and horror at how the nature of our medical profession has been so quickly destroyed by the creation of misguided laws. We, the undersigned, declare that the passage of Bill C-7, if left unchecked, will contribute to the destruction of much more than our medical profession, but fundamentally, of a Canadian society that genuinely values and cares for its most vulnerable members. Canadians deserve better.
Le projet de loi C‑7, de l’AMM à la MAM : l’aide médicale à mourir devient la mort administrée par un médecin
Plus besoin d’être mourant pour que votre médecin mette fin à votre vie
Alors que le Canada et le monde ont peur de mourir de la pandémie de la COVID-19, nous voyons jusqu’où les autorités peuvent, et doivent, aller pour prévenir la mort et protéger le bien commun. Nous considérons comme normale et nécessaire la restriction de certaines libertés individuelles dans le but de protéger les citoyens et citoyennes contre la propagation de la maladie. Ainsi, il nous est rappelé que l’exercice de l’autonomie personnelle, loin d’être la valeur suprême dans la société, doit être limité quand il peut causer du tort aux autres.
Ces observations sont parfaitement pertinentes au sujet d’un autre grand débat social, alors qu’une nouvelle menace à la vie des malades, des personnes handicapées et des Canadiennes et Canadiens âgés passe presque inaperçue. Plusieurs Canadiens et Canadiennes ne sont même pas au courant du projet de loi C-7, qui a été redéposé le 5 octobre au Parlement fédéral. Ce projet de loi, qui élargit l’« aide médicale à mourir » (AMM) pour inclure pratiquement tous ceux et celles qui sont malades et qui souffrent au Canada, s’il est adopté dans sa forme actuelle, fera de notre pays le leader du monde dans l’administration de la mort.
En tant que médecins, nous sommes obligés d’exprimer notre stupéfaction en voyant comment des personnes, qui ont peu d’expérience vécue des réalités en jeu dans la pratique quotidienne de la médecine, ont subitement et fondamentalement changé la nature de la médecine en décriminalisant l’euthanasie et le suicide assisté.
La médecine, considérée à travers les siècles comme une profession qui ne cause jamais de tort intentionnel, mais plutôt guérit, réconforte et défend la vie de ceux et celles qui sont malades et vulnérables, serait transformée en une entreprise technocratique qui permettrait aux médecins de mettre fin délibérément à la vie de leurs patients et patientes qui souffrent. La participation forcée pour arranger et faciliter l’administration de l’euthanasie et du suicide assisté est maintenant exigée par certains organismes de réglementation.
Malheureusement, nos patientes et patients sont ceux qui souffrent le plus des conséquences de ce plan malavisé. Le choc d’une maladie soudaine, ou d’un accident entraînant une invalidité, peut inspirer aux patients et patientes des sentiments de colère et de dépression, et ils peuvent se sentir coupables d’avoir besoin de soins; mais ces émotions, avec le soutien et l’attention nécessaires, peuvent se dissiper avec le temps. Le soin et l’encouragement offerts par les médecins peuvent être le facteur le plus puissant pour surmonter le désespoir et ranimer l’espérance. Malheureusement, les patients et patientes ne peuvent plus avoir une confiance inconditionnelle en leur professionnel de la médecine pour défendre leur vie quand ils sont à leur état le plus faible et le plus vulnérable. Subitement, une injection mortelle fait partie du répertoire des interventions offertes pour mettre fin à leurs douleurs et à leurs souffrances.
Le projet de loi C‑7 permettrait à ceux et celles qui ne sont pas mourants de mettre fin à leur vie par injection mortelle administrée par un médecin ou une infirmière praticienne. Il est scandaleux que la plupart des protections que le Parlement avait estimées nécessaires en 2016 pour protéger les personnes vulnérables contre une mort injustifiée soient en voie d’être supprimées. En vertu du nouveau projet de loi, une personne dont la mort naturelle est considérée comme « raisonnablement prévisible » pourrait être diagnostiquée, évaluée et euthanasiée en une seule journée. Nous sommes très inquiets que la suppression de la période de réflexion de 10 jours et d’autres mesures de protection ne fassent qu’augmenter le nombre de morts par contrainte ou par manque de réflexion adéquate.
La suppression imprudente des mesures de protection précédemment jugées essentielles mettra les patients et patientes vulnérables directement en danger, et pourrait même leur coûter la vie.
Bien que les auteurs du projet de loi C‑7 estiment suffisant d’offrir aux patients et patientes de l’information sur les autres moyens possibles d’atténuer leurs souffrances, il n’est pas obligatoire que le service leur soit accessible. Nous vivons dans un pays où le délai d’attente dans certaines régions pour voir un psychiatre est de 4 à 8 fois plus long que la période de réflexion de 90 jours proposée dans le projet de loi pour les personnes dont la mort naturelle n’est pas considérée comme « raisonnablement prévisible », et où 70 % des citoyens et citoyennes dont la vie tire à sa fin n’ont toujours pas accès à des services de base en soins palliatifs. Pourtant, l’AMM est considérée comme un service essentiel aux termes de la Loi canadienne de la santé, alors que les soins palliatifs ne le sont pas. Ce projet de loi crée les conditions requises pour une mort facile et à bon marché par euthanasie ou suicide assisté.
Ce n’est pas le genre de médecine que nous avons consacré notre vie à pratiquer. Notre intention est de guérir et de diminuer les souffrances, pas de mettre fin délibérément à la vie. Nous luttons pour la vie de nos patients et patientes, pas pour leur mort. Nous croyons à l’obtention de soutiens adéquats pour tous nos patients et patientes, afin qu’ils aient les services de base nécessaires pour vivre; nous ne sanctionnons pas et ne facilitons pas leur mort comme solution de leurs souffrances.
Notre profession a été forcée de faciliter le suicide au lieu de le prévenir, et ce, pour un nombre toujours croissant de personnes. Nous observons avec consternation et horreur la façon dont la nature de notre profession médicale a été si rapidement détruite par la création de lois malavisées. Nous, soussignés, déclarons que l’adoption du projet de loi C‑7, si rien n’est fait, contribuera à la destruction de bien plus que notre profession médicale, mais fondamentalement, d’une société canadienne qui apprécie véritablement et qui prend soin de ses membres les plus vulnérables. Les Canadiens et Canadiennes méritent mieux.
Authors & Supporting Signatories
Authors
Ramona Coelho, MDCM, CCFP
Family Physician
London, Ontario
Catherine Ferrier, MD, CCFP (COE), FCFP
Family physician
Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Sheila Rutledge Harding, MD, MA, FRCPC
Hematologist, Saskatchewan Health Authority
Professor, College of Medicine,
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Leonie Herx MD PhD CCFP (PC) FCFP
Associate Professor & Chair, Division of Palliative Medicine
Department of Medicine, Queen’s University
Kingston, Ontario
Timothy Lau MD MSc FRCPC
Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario
Sephora Tang, MD FRCPC
Staff Psychiatrist, Clinical Lecturer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario
Lucas Vivas, MD MHSc FRCPC
General Internal Medicine
Brampton, Ontario
Supporting Signatories
- Sohail Gandhi, MD CCFP
Family Medicine
Ontario - Terry Aitken, MD
Retired Adjunct Professor, Western University
Stratford, ON - Yoan Alder-St-Germain, MD
Family Medicine
Québec - Lubomir Alexov, MD
Associate Professor University of Toronto,
Chairman East GTAFHT. - Joseph Askin W., MD
Somnologist
Calgary, AB - Anita Au, MD
Specialist in General Internal Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor, University of Alberta
Wetaskiwin, AB - Raouf Ayas, MD
Cardiologist
Montreal, QC - Mario Douyon de Azevedo, MD
Ottawa, ON - Jason Bailey, MD
Family Physician and hospitalist - Belinda Barnes, MD
- Chantal Barry, MD
Calgary, AB - Doris Barwich, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Palliative Care
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia - Mark Basik, MD
Herbert Black Professor of Surgical Oncology
McGill University
Surgical Oncologist, Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, QC - Tracy Bausmer, MD
Family Physician
Kitchener, ON - Michael Bayer, MD
Cobourg, ON - Regina Becker, MD
Emergency, family medicine, long term care
Carbonear, NL - Judy Bentz, MD
- Harry Bergen, MD
General Surgeon/Surgical Assistant - Sasha Bernatsky, MD
- Eileen Biggs, MD
Family Physician
Ottawa, ON - Robert Matthew Billinghurst, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine
University of British Columbia - Philip Bock, MD
- Alicia Bong, MD
Vancouver, BC - Guy Bouchard, MD
QC - Thomas Bouchard, MD
Family Medicine Physician
Calgary, AB - James Boudreau, MD
Internal Medicine Resident
Dalhousie University - Daniel Boulet, MD
Professeur titulaire de clinique, Département de médecine
Université Laval
QC - David Bowler, MD
Pain Management Physician
BC - Jannice Bowler, MD
Pain management physician
BC - Julia Bright, MD
Family Physician
Chilliwack, BC - Francois Brissette, MD
Neurology
QC - Michel Brouillard, MD
Médecin généraliste
Rouyn-Noranda, QC - Brad Burke, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Windsor, ON - Shauna Burkholder, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Children’s Hospital
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Calgary - Corey Burton, MD
- Lindy Buzikievich, MD
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare
Assistant Professor, Northern Ontario School of Medicine - Miles Byworth, MD
Resident at McMaster University - Sonia Calouche, MD
Psychiatre.
CISSS des Laurentides - Daniel Cekan, MD
Cambridge, ON - David H. C. Chan, MD
Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, McMaster University - Sherry Chan, MD
General Practitioner in Oncology, BC Cancer Vancouver Centre
Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia - Luke Chen, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC - Riley Chen-Mack, MD
PGY1, Pediatrics
BC Children’s Hospital - Vitaliy Chernenko, MD
Family Medicine Resident, University of Calgary
Calgary, AB - Gilles Chiniara, MD
Université Laval
Québec QC - Lawrence J. Clein, MD
Professor, Family Medicine (Palliative Care) - Eileen Cochien, MD
- Margaret Cottle, MD
Palliative Care, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC - Heather Craig, MD
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB - Nancy Craig, MD
Hope Medical Clinic
Edmonton, AB - Tim Cuddy, MD
Family Physician – Long Term Care Physician
Burlington, ON - Edward H. Curran, MD
Vancouver, BC - David D’Souza, MD
Oncology, LHSC
London, ON - Peter Daley, MD
Memorial University
St. John’s NL - Dion Davidson, MD
Vascular Surgery and Critical Care, Valley Regional Hospital
Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University Department of Surgery
Kentville, NS - David Dawson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University
General Internist, McGill University Health Centre
Montreal QC - Michel De Maupeou, MD
Retired family physician
QC - Chantale Demers, MD
WRHA Palliative Medicine Consultant - Raymond Deobald, MD
General Surgery and General Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan - Paola Diadori, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Montreal - Bryan Dias, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Western University
London, ON - Jane B. Dobson, MD
CCFP FCFP - Ugo Dodd, MD
Ophthalmologist
University of Calgary - Timothy Dowdell, MD
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Radiologist-in-Chief
St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, ON - Pierre Duclos, MD
Internal Medicine specialist
Québec - Gordan A. Duke, MD
Victoria, BC - Ross Dunbar, MD
- Alexander S Easton, MD
Associate Professor, Staff Neuropathologist
Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority,
Halifax, NS - Juliette Eberhard, MD
Duncan, BC - Genevieve Eder, MD
Calgary, AB - Tim Ehmann, MD
Consultant Psychiatrist
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK - Joel Emery, MD
- Scott Ernst, MD
- Carlos Alfonso Fajardo, MD
Physician
Calgary, AB - Geneviève Falardeau, MD
Family Physician
Québec, QC - Ted Fenske, MD
Cardiologist, Royal Alexandria Hospital
Alberta - Cristiano Ferrario, MD
Medical Oncologist
Jewish General Hospital - Michael Fielden, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
University of Calgary - William J Foster, MD
Ophthalmologist - Gilbert François, MD
Clinical endocrinologist
Kirkland, QC - Robert Frazer, MD
Family physician: emergency, geriatrics and palliative care
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke QC - Paul Fredette. MD
- Geoffrey Friderichs, MD
Duncan, BC - Abraham Fuks, MD
McGill University
Montreal, QC - Thomas Fung, MD
Physician Lead, Siksika Health Services
Family Physician, Southwood Care Centre & Providence Care Centre
Calgary, AB - Jeannette Furtak, MD
- Paul Galassiere, MD
Medical director of the surgical program, Bethesda Hospital
Steinbach, MB - Maryam Garabedian, MD
Family Medicine Resident, University of British Columbia - James J. Gilbert, MD
Retired General Surgeon - Jean-Bernard Girodias, MD
Pédiatre, CHU Sainte-Justine
Département de pédiatrie, Université de Montréal - Caroline Girouard, MD
Hémato-oncologue
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Professeur-adjoint de clinique
Université de Montréal - Ewan C. Goligher, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto - Emily C. Goudie, MD
PGY-1 Internal Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB - Keith Gregoire, MD
- Erin Gregory, MD
Comox Valley Hospital
BC - Aaron Gross, MD
Emergency Physician - Donato Gugliotta, MD
GP practicing Anesthesia
Trenton, ON - Roman Gusztak, MD
Pediatric Anesthesia
Saskatoon, SK - Cynthia Haig, MD
Family Physician
Ontario - Victoria Haines, MD
Rural family physician
Clinical preceptor, University of British Columbia
- Michael Hamilton, MD
- Darrell Hamm, MD
Kelowna, BC - Sherif Hanna, MD
General Surgery, Gastro-Intestinal and Hepatic-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgical Oncology
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto - Robert Hauptman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Alberta
St. Albert, AB - Kevin Hay, MD
- Timothy Heerema, MD
Family Physician
Hanover, ON - Grant Ho, MD
- Tina Hoang, MD
- James A. Holmlund, MD
Consulting Psychiatrist - David Hook, MD
Assistant Professor
Northern Ontario School of Medicine - Nicola J. Horwood, MD
Medical Student
University of British Columbia - Ann Hoskins Mott, MD
Ophthalmologist (retired)
Halifax, NS - Stuart Houston, MD
Saskatoon, SK - Ling Huang, MD
Family Physician
Mississauga, ON - Hildegard Huff, MD
Palliative physician, retired - Stephen Hwang, MD
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto - Kimon Issigonis, MD
Internal Medicine, McGill University
Montreal QC - Lauren Jackson, MD
Duncan, BC - Lawrence Jardine, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology,
Department of Pediatrics.
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry,
University of Western Ontario
London, ON - Shelby Jenkins, MD
- Andrew S. Johnson, MD
Adult Infectious Diseases, Foothills Medical Centre
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Calgary - Will Johnston, MD
Clinical assistant professor
Department of family practice
University of British Columbia - Niall H. Jones, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta - Jeff Jonusaitis, MD
- Stephanie Kafie, MD
Care of the Elderly Family Physician
Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), McMaster University
Niagara Falls, ON - Jyoti Katakkar, MD
Hospitalist, Ross Memorial Hospital
Lindsay, ON - Lynn Kealey, MD
Retired psychiatrist - Timothy J. Kelton, MD
Active Staff, Department of emergency Medicine
University of Toronto - Saideh Khadir, MD
- Marilyn Y. Kish, MD
Retired Family Physician - Tiffaney Kittmer, MD
General Surgeon,
Goderich, ON - Ken Kliewer, MD
Altona, MB - Kevin Kobes, MD
- Ken Kontio, MD
Chief of Orthopaedics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, ON - Jeff Kornelsen, MD
Family Physician
Mission & Abbotsford, BC - Michelle L. Korvemaker, MD
Co-Chief of the Woodstock Hospital Emergency Department
Woodstock, ON
Palliative Care Call group in Oxford County, ON - Jaro Kotalik, MD
Professor, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, ON - John Kraulis MD
- Mark Kristjanson, MD
Medical Lead, Primary Care, Community Oncology Program, Cancer Care Manitoba
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Manitoba - Judith Kwok, MD
Family Physician - Edmond Kyrillos, MD
Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa - Mike Lane, MD
Diagnostic Imaging Co-Lead SW Alberta
Lethbridge - Natalie Leahy, MD
- Rene Leiva, MD
Palliative Care and Care of the Elderly
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Ottawa - Mason Leschyna, MD
- Ryan Lett, MD
Anesthesiology
Regina, SK - Constant H. Leung, MD
- John Li, MD
Family Physician
Moncton, NB - Edmond Li, MD
Anesthesiology, Child Health
BC Hospital - Hao Li, MD
Resident, Anatomical Pathology, Western University
London, ON - Iris Liu, MD
Family Physician
Vancouver, BC - Andrea H. Loewen, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Calgary, AB
David Loewen, MD
Calgary, AB - Benjamin Love, MD
- LeeAnne Luft, MD
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Kelowna, BC - Joyce Lui, MD
- Karen MacDonald, MD
- Patrick MacGillivray, MD
Ottawa, ON - James MacMillan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Saskatchewan - Gisela Macphail, MD
Specialist, Infectious Diseases
University of Calgary - Will A. Marcoux, MD
- Victoria Marianchuk, MD
Family Physician - Valerie Marion, MD
Locum Family Physician - Paul A. D. Marrocco MD,
Northumberland Hills Hospital,
Cobourg ON - Bonnie Marshall, MD
- Karen E. Mason, MD
Retired family physician
Private practice included palliative care, Langley Memorial Hospital, BC
Bracebridge, ON - Paul McArthur, MD
Adjunct professor of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario - Matthew McCabe, MD
- Catherine McCallum, MD
Attending Physician, George Derby Care Society
Burnaby, BC - Douglas Maskall, MD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia - Jacqueline McClaran, MD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine
McGill University - Brandon Mcllmoyle, MD
Resident, Queens University
Kingston, ON - Sheryl McLaren, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology - Matthew McQueen, MD
Professor emeritus, McMaster University
Hamilton, ON - Amy Megyesi, MD
Full-service family medicine
Salmon Arm, BC - Andrea Milne-Epp, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Alberta - Kelley Minish, MD
Community Family Physician and Educator
Victoria, BC - Christo Minnaar, MD
Chief of Staff
Bethesda Regional Health Centre - Adrianus Mol, MD
Athabasca, AB - José A. Morais, MD
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, QC - Christopher More, MD
- Louis Morissette, MD
Forensic Psychiatry
Montreal, QC - Harry Mueller, MD
Wild Rose Medical Clinic, High River AB
Clinical Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Calgary, AB - Mark Nelham, MD
- Christopher Newcombe, MD
Emergency Medicine
Nanaimo, BC - Nicholas Newman, MD
Professeur agrégé de clinique, Université de Montréal
Montreal, QC - Kaspar Ng, MD
Calgary, Alberta - Natalia Novosedlik, MD
- Robert Nugent, MD
Head of Anaesthesia, La Verendrye General Hospital
Assistant Professor, North Ontario Medical School - Nadine Nyhus, MD
Psychiatrist
ON - Mary O’Connor, MD
GP (partly retired)
Solo practice, with focus on mental health issues.
Ottawa, ON - Caleb Oppel, MD
Victoria, BC - David Opper, MD
Brantford, ON - Allan F. Oryschak, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Calgary, AB - Martin Owen, MD
Family Physician - Rein Paasuke, MD
Retired clinical anaesthetist
Retired assistant professor of Anaesthesia, University of Calgary
Spruce Grove, AB - Grant Pagdin, MD
Clinical Instructor, University of British Columbia
Kelowna, BC - Aleksandra Paliga, MD
Anatomic Pathologist and Hematopathologist
Ottawa, ON - Edward W. Papp, MD
Specialist in Family Medicine
Associate Clinical professor, University of Alberta - Mikulas Pavlovsky, MD
- Justin Perrier, MD
Family Medicine Resident, Dalhousie University
Charlottetown, PEI
- Donald J. Peters, MD
Retired Anesthesiologist
Winnipeg, MB - Cameron W. Pierce, MD
Internal Medicine, Respirology
Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver, BC - Garvin W. Pierce, MD
- Liette Pilon, MD
General Practice (retired)
Brossard, QC - Dan Poenaru, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, QC - Jonathan Ponesse MD
Developmental Pediatric Neurologist
Ottawa, ON - Robert Porter, MD
Pediatrician, Memorial University
St. John’s, NL - Katelyn Postnikoff, MD
- John D. Potts, MD
Ladysmith, BC - Barbara Powell, MD
Ontario - Leslie Preston, MD
- Geoff Protheroe, MD
Family Physician
Calgary, AB - John Geoffrey Purdell-Lewis, MD
Dundas, ON - Paul Ranalli, MD
Neurologist, Humber River Hospital
Toronto, ON - Gregory S. Raymond, MD
St. Albert, AB - Mark Reardon, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON - Anna Redekop, MD
Family Medicine Resident
Prince Albert, SK - Martin Reedyk, MD
Three Hills, AB - John N. Reesor, MD
Cardiologist
Peterborough, ON - Dan Reilley, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fergus, ON - Harwood Reimer, MD
Sports Medicine - Alphonse Rheault, MD
Endocrinologist
QC - Larry Rinholm, MD
- Roger Roberge, MD
Geriatrician
Montreal, QC - John Gordon Murray Robertson, MD
- Ted Robinson, MD
Family Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario - Beverly Rutherford, MD
Community Medicine - Melanie Ryper, MD
Emergency Physician, Royal Columbian/Eagle Ridge Hospitals
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia - Edward Rzadki, MD
Psychiatrist
Etobicoke, ON - Renata Sava, MD
Montreal, QC - Luke Savage, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Calgary and University of Alberta
Calgary, Alberta - Nathan Schneidereit, MD
- Hendrik A. Scholtens, MD
- Elena Schroeder, MD
- Travis Schroeder, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, McMaster University
Hamilton, ON - Bethany Scott, MD
- Malcolm Sears, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
McMaster University, Hamilton ON - Jean-Luc Senécal, MD
Professor of Medicine
Scleroderma Research Chair
University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal - Diane Severin, MD
- Marshall Siemens, MD
Resident, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK - Gabriel Slowey, MD
Retired GP, Retired Coroner - Richard Smyth, MD
Adjunct Professor in Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers UBC
Clinical instructor in Otolaryngology, University of British Columbia - Bruce D. Snyder, MD
Cambridge, ON - Rob Sparrow, MD
Internal Medicine specialist
University of Western Ontario
London, ON - Davis Shannon Starr, MD
Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Regina Community Clinic
Regina, SK - Philip Stratford, MD
- Winnie Su, MD
Family Physician
Vancouver, BC - Rafael Sumalinog, MD
- Emily Sutherland, MD
- Jessica Svitek, MD
Médecine de famille
Montreal, Quebec - Tolu Taiwo, MD
Care of Elderly Physician, Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre
Red Deer, AB - Agnès Tanguay, MD
Family Medicine
Ottawa, ON - Heather Thompson, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology - Sandy Tigchelaar, MD
- Matthieu Tittley, MD
Psychiatry, Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke QC - Joshua Tjong, MD
Radiologist
Sault Area Hospital - Bernhard Toews, MD
Family Practitioner
Coquitlam, BC - Anna Towers, MD
Supportive and Palliative Care Services,
McGill University Health Centre,
Montreal, QC - Hong Phuc Tran-Le. MD,
- Tim Troughton, MD
Clinical Instructor, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC - Judith Trudeau, MD
Rheumatologist
Chaudière-Appalaches, QC - Maebh Tynan, MD
Ontario - Terry Unger, MD
Palliative Care
Wabasca, AB - Tim Van Der Heide, MD
Chief of Staff, Princeton General Hospital
Princeton, BC - Stephen Vander Klippe, MD
Wingham, ON - France Verreault, MD
Québec - Daniels Vijay, MD
Specialist in Internal Medicine
Edmonton, AB - Patrick Vinay, MD
Professeur émérite de médecine, Université de Montréal - Philippe D. Violette, MD
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON - Arnold Voth, MD
Assoc Prof of Internal Medicine
Edmonton, AB - Adrienne Vraets, MD
Anesthesiologist
Hamilton, ON - Vivian G. Walker, MD
Palliative Care
Saskatoon, SK - Janet Warren, MD
Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre
Hamilton, ON - Terry Warren, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon - Richard Welsh, MD
Abbotsford, BC - Alice Westlake, MD
Family Physician, Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver, BC - James K. Wheeler, MD
Thamesview Family Health Team; Chatham Kent Hospice
Head of Rural Medicine and Accessibility at Chatham Kent Health Alliance
Chatham, ON - James Wiedrick, MD
Clinical instructor, University of British Columbia
Nelson, BC - Kiely Williams, MD
Clinical Associate, University of Calgary
Calgary AB - Simon Wing, MD
Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Montreal, QC - Maria Wolfs, MD
Assistant Professor University of Toronto
Endocrinologist St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, ON - Charles Wong, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Emergency Physician
Calgary, AB - Patrick Wong, MD
Clinical Lecturer, University of Calgary
Staff Physician Alberta Health Services
Calgary, AB - George Worthen, MD
Internal Medicine Resident, Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS - Heka Ylanko, MD
Family physician
Toronto, ON - Paul Yong, MD
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Vancouver, BC - Elizabeth Young, MD
Developmental Pediatrician
Unity Health Toronto, ON
St. Michael’s Hospital - James Zondervan, MD
- Roman Zyla, MD
Postgraduate Year 2 Resident, Anatomical Pathology
University of Toronto - Dr José Pereria MBChB, CCFP(PC), MSc, FCFP
- Dr Brandon McIlmoyle, MD
- Dr Srini Chary MBBS, MRCS, LRCP, CCFP(PC), DA, FRCS Ed
- Mark D’Souza, MD
Toronto, ON - Thomas Cavanagh, MD
Family Physician
Alberta - Samantha Rossi
Medical Student
Ontario - Ronan O’Leary, MD
Family Medicine
Ontario - Linda Baker, MD
Rural Family Medicine, retired
Rosthern, SK - Nuala Kenny, MD FRCP(C)
Halifax.NS - Marcus Niessen, MD
Plastic Surgeon
Windsor, ON - Alanna Fitzpatrick, MD
Plastic Surgery
Stratford, ON
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