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July 14, 2023

Forcing all Canadian hospitals to offer MAID would be a toxic dose of intolerance

The recent news story of a patient who was denied medically assisted death (MAID) at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, owing to the Catholic belief that intentional termination of human life is killing and not health care, has reignited the debate over whether faith-based hospitals should be allowed to make these refusals.

July 20, 2023

''No way for a person to live'': Hamilton man would rather die than struggle with poverty

Andrew Robbins is not a man of ambition. His ideal life is quiet, simple and uninvolved with the goings-on of the world outside his door.

April 11, 2023

She filmed her father’s last days. Now his story is fuelling debate about medical assistance in dying

Ondi Timoner wanted a record of her dad’s voice, the lyrical cadence of fatherly advice that had been sought for decades by friends and family.

August 22, 2023

Cape Breton woman seeks MAID over lengthy workers' compensation delays

A Cape Breton woman who has been fighting for more than a decade for benefits from Nova Scotia's Workers' Compensation Board says she will continue to push ahead as long as she can.

June 6, 2023

Canada’s euthanasia system should be warning sign to other countries, MPs told

Canada’s legalisation of euthanasia should be a warning sign for other countries considering the move amid reports of people being offered help to die if they do not have adequate access to social support and care, MPs have been told.

March 23, 2023

I'm chronically ill and can barely get enough financial assistance to survive

It seemed like a cruel joke when Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) pops up in my social media news feed.

March 2, 2023

Parents for and against MAID for mature minors after twin tragedies

Mike Schouten and Caroline Marcoux have never met, but two years ago — a few months apart — each lost their 17-year-old son to bone cancer.

March 7, 2023

Canada’s medical assistance in dying review was biased and ignored us, expert witnesses say

OTTAWA — Dozens of experts who testified before the parliamentary committee reviewing Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) system are blasting what they say was a biased process.

June 21, 2023

Ontario quadriplegic mother applies for MAID over lack of access to disability supports

In a video that has gone viral on TikTok, an Ontario quadriplegic mother of three says she has just days left before she can access medical assistance in dying (MAID) yet she is unable to access disability support.

April 21, 2023

Medical Assistance in Dying Should Not Include Mental Illness

OPINION: Medical Assistance in Dying Should Not Include Mental Illness.

April 3, 2023

What’s the status of medical assistance in dying in Canada?

Canada is on track to have one of the world’s most expansive assisted dying programs, but concerns about safeguards and clinical standards persist.

December 15, 2022

Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program

OTTAWA - The Liberal government announced Thursday it will seek to delay the expansion of Canada's assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders.

December 2, 2022

Michael Higgins: Our veterans ask for help. They're offered assisted death

The dark road we're on with MAID is on the verge of turning pitch black

December 1, 2022

Former paralympian tells MPs veterans department offered her assisted death

A paraplegic former member of the Canadian military shocked MPs on Thursday by testifying that the Department of Veterans Affairs offered her, in writing, the opportunity for a medically assisted death — and even offered to provide the equipment.

November 26, 2022

Chris Selley: Canadian euthanasia quickly went from a 'good death' to very dark places

'Medical assistance in dying' is helping many Canadians die with dignity; it's also threatening to spin out of control

November 16, 2022

Ontario man not considering medically-assisted death anymore after outpouring of support

Just over a month Amir Farsoud's first shared his story about considering medically-assisted death over homelessness, he tells Cynthia Mulligan a GoFundMe that raised over $60,000 and an outpouring of support will allow him to live.

October 4, 2022

Winnipeg woman who chose to die with medical assistance said struggle for home care help led to decision

The Winnipeg woman's death was facilitated by professionals through Manitoba's medical assistance in dying program. Kovac lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative disease that took her mother, grandmother and uncle. Her condition was worsening, but she felt she had more life to live — just not enough home care support to do so.

October 8, 2022

How poverty, not pain, is driving Canadians with disabilities to consider medically-assisted death

Critics say the government’s quick expansion of MAiD and insistence that it’s the compassionate thing to do misses an important factor. A massive number of Canadians with disabilities like Cowie are trapped in an excruciating cycle of poverty.

October 14, 2022

Canada is going too far with medical assistance in dying. The danger of abuse is becoming ever more apparent

Now, Canada’s laws on MAID have long been stretched far beyond the original (and praiseworthy) concept of sparing terminally ill people from unnecessary agony at the end of their lives, allowing a so-called “death with dignity.” When the law was passed in 2016 it didn’t specify that a person must be terminally ill to qualify for a medically assisted death, and last year it was amended to remove the requirement that death be “reasonably foreseeable.”

October 16, 2022

The Death Debate: why some welcome Canada's move to assisted dying for mental illness and others fear it

Some experts warn Canada is about to offer what they say will amount to "state-assisted suicide" for the mentally ill, at a time when health services are strained.

September 21, 2021

City News: Medically assisted death rates up in Alberta, across Canada

Medically assisted deaths are climbing across Canada as federal policies have led to expanded eligibility, but there are concerns over the continued expansion.

November 10, 2020

CBC: Why the federal government should rethink its new medical assistance in dying law

To meet the twice-renewed deadline imposed by the Quebec Superior Court in the Truchon case, the federal government is trying to push its new medical assistance in dying (MAID) bill through Parliament before year's end. The MAID proposal represents a deadly form of discrimination against people with disabilities, chronic illness.

August 24, 2022

CBC: 'Horrifying' that Veterans Affairs worker raised assisted suicide with troubled veteran, group says

Scott Maxwell, executive director of Wounded Warriors Canada, wants answers about why a veteran in need of counselling was recently advised to consider medical assistance in dying. The head of a group that supports Canadian veterans says he was horrified to hear medical assistance in dying was brought up with a veteran who reached out to Veterans Affairs Canada for help recently.

April 13, 2022

CTV: Woman with chemical sensitivities chose medically-assisted death after failed bid to get better housing

A 51-year-old Ontario woman with severe sensitivities to chemicals chose medically-assisted death after her desperate search for affordable housing free of cigarette smoke and chemical cleaners failed, advocates say.

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