Canadian Government Moves to Delay Expanding Assisted Suicide to Include the Mentally Ill
Each year since its legalization, every Canadian province has seen a rise in assisted suicide.
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Canadian Man Says Hospital Staff ‘Pressured’ Him to Euthanize His Wife
The widower is sounding the alarm over what he says is a shocking and dangerous bias in the medical system toward the promotion of death for sick and elderly patients.
Canadian Veteran Offered Assisted Suicide After Asking for Wheelchair Help
Christine Gauthier testified before Canada’s House of Commons veterans committee last week that she was shocked when she was offered assisted suicide as a solution to her suffering.
Report: Patients Being Offered Assisted Suicide in Apparent Policy Violation
The number of Canadians killed by physician-assisted suicide nearly doubled between 2017 and 2019, according to a 2020 report released by the Canadian government.
In Grim Accounting, Canadian Report Says Assisted Suicide Saves Health Care Money
While the report acknowledged cost savings of assisted suicide, it said “this report should in no way be interpreted as suggesting that (medical aid-in-dying) be used to reduce health care costs.”
In Canada, New Bill Would Expand Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, Catholics Warn
According to an Angus Reid Institute survey on the values of Canadians, conducted earlier this year, 80% of Canadians say “it should be easier to make their own end-of-life decisions.”
Canadian Bill to Allow Medical Suicide Even if Death Not ‘Reasonably Foreseeable’
Members of the Canadian government praised the new bill and the potential expansion of euthanasia in the country.
Canadian Archbishop Gagnon Warns Trudeau Over New ‘Assisted Dying’ Laws
Archbishop Gagnon called the proposed changes to MAiD legislation, which include advance directives and allowing those who do not have a reasonably foreseeable death to be euthanized, “deeply troubling.”
Perform Euthanasia or Lose Government Funding, Canadian Hospice Told
The hospice is operated by the non-profit organization the Delta Hospice Society, which is opposed to Canada’s “Medical Assistance in Dying” (“MAiD”) laws.
