We want to warn listeners that segment one talks about suicide and may not be suitable for all listeners. If you’d like to skip over this portion of the discussion go to 23:37. If you’re struggling with mental health please connect with a crisis responder to get help without judgment: Call: 1-833-456-4566 // Text: 45645 (4 p.m. – midnight ET). 

In this episode, host Mattea Roach, and panelists, Karen Restoule, Jaskaran Sandhu, and Arshy Mann, unpack the controversial expansion for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) set to change on March 17, 2023. Also, Canada is trying to re-establish itself on the international stage after announcing its Indo-Pacific Strategy in Beautiful British Columbia. Does Canada’s future lie in the Indo-Pacific?

Host:  Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Associate Producer), Tristan Capacchionne (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)

Guests: Karen Restoule, Jaskaran Sandhu, Arshy Mann

Background reading:

• Canada will soon allow medically assisted dying for mental illness. Has there been enough time to get it right? by Erin Anderssen in The Globe and Mail
• Medical experts call on government to delay expansion of MAID for mental illness by Erin Anderssen in The Globe and Mail
• Call to Action re:March 2023 MAiD Expansion by the Society of Canadian Psychiatry
• Canada launches Indo-Pacific Strategy to support long-term growth, prosperity, and security for Canadians by the Government of Canada
• Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy by the Government of Canada
• Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy sees China as a ‘disruptive global power’ by John Ibbitson and Salamaan Farooqui in The Globe in Mail
• SIKHS WEARY OF INCREASED FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN WAKE OF CANADA’S INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY by the World Sikh Organization
• Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy ‘long overdue,’ shows ‘radical change’ on China: experts by Rachel Gilmore from Global News

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