The Vulnerable Persons Standard is a series of evidence-based safeguards intended to protect the lives of Canadians.

These safeguards will help to ensure that Canadians requesting assistance from physicians to end their life can do so without jeopardizing the lives of vulnerable persons who may be subject to coercion and abuse.

We are calling on all members of Parliament to ensure that federal legislation regulating physician-assisted death incorporate these safeguards.
 



Support the Standard

Show your support for the Standard by adding your name to our list of Canadians who are calling on Parliamentarians to ensure that federal policies for permitting physician-assisted death under the Criminal Code incorporate the VPS safeguards.

Share the Standard

Use our ready-made messages to share the Standard by email and through your social networks. By promoting the Standard you can help to ensure that federal legislation regulating physician-assisted death incorporates the VPS safeguards.

Post this message on Facebook: "The Vulnerable Persons Standard will help ensure that Canadians requesting assistance from physicians to end their life can do so without jeopardizing the lives of those who are susceptible to abuse and coercion."

Email the VPS website to a friend: "I wanted to share with you the Vulnerable Persons Standard — a set of evidence-based safeguards that will help to ensure that Canadians requesting assistance from physicians to end their life can do so without jeopardizing the lives of vulnerable persons who may be subject to coercion and abuse. You can download the Standard and learn more at www.vps-npv.ca"

Tweet this message: "The Vulnerable Persons Standard provides safeguards for Canadians who are susceptible to abuse and coercion... www.vps-npv.ca"


Reach out to Ottawa: Download our sample letter to a parliamentarian and contact your MP and Senator