MPs have begun debate in the House of Commons on the Liberal government’s proposed bill to delay until next year the expansion of eligibility for receiving medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Bill C-39, sponsored by Justice Minister David Lametti, aims to amend the Criminal Code to delay the eligibility expansion until March 2024. Eligibility is currently set to…
Opposition Parties Signal Support for Bill Seeking to Delay MAID Expansion
Canada’s Doctors Coerced into Promoting Euthanasia Call the Practice ‘Illegal’ and ‘Unethical’
Over 1500 of Canada’s publicly funded psychiatrists, pediatricians, medical professors, and general practitioners have joined an organization to fight the government’s expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID). In March 2023, patients suffering from conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, or any other mental affliction will gain access to the lethal…
Liberals Table Bill Delaying MAID Expansion by 1 Year
The federal government has introduced legislation that seeks to delay the planned expansion of Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) laws by one year. Current laws dictating who is eligible to receive MAiD are set to expand on March 17, allowing patients whose sole medical condition is mental illnesses to apply for assisted suicide. Bill C-39,…
Government Will Seek to Delay MAID Expansion as Quickly as Possible in New Session, Says Justice Minister
The federal government will introduce legislation aimed at delaying the eligibility expansion for medical assistance in dying (MAID) “as quickly as possible,” says Justice Minister David Lametti. Canada’s laws dictating who can access MAID are currently set to expand on March 17 to include individuals whose only medical conditions are mental illnesses. However, the Liberal government…
Canada Provides More Organs From Assisted Suicide Recipients for Transplant Than Any Other Country
Canadian patients who opt for euthanasia provide more transplant organs than any other country globally that allows physician-assisted suicide, according to the first international review of medical assistance in dying (MAID). Patients in Canada who decide to end their lives with physician help also contributed to almost half of the world’s documented organ transplants occurring…
Federal Department Funded Children’s ‘Activity Book’ on Medically Assisted Suicide
A federal department helped fund the publication of a children’s “activity book” meant to inform young people about medical assistance in dying, or MAiD. Titled “Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Activity Book” and published by the Canadian Virtual Hospice (CVH), the book is split into eight chapters, the first seven of which answer questions like, “What…
Government Agent Who Suggested Assisted Suicide to Veterans No Longer Employed in Department
An employee of Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) who allegedly suggested military veterans consider euthanasia is no longer employed by the department. Erika Lashbrook Knutson, spokesperson for Minister of Veterans Affairs Lawrence MacAulay, said privacy rules prevent the government from disclosing whether the female employee was fired or resigned. She was first suspended. “We had to follow to…
Assisted Suicide Opponents Celebrate Reprieves in Canada and Abroad
Opponents of assisted suicide have something to cheer about this holiday season as proposals to expand the procedure have suffered setbacks. Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) legislation included a provision to exclude those whose sole condition is a mental illness until March 17, 2023. But as of Dec. 15, the moratorium on their eligibility has…
Veterans Affairs Minister Responds to New Allegations of Veterans Being Offered Unsolicited Assisted Suicide
Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay today responded to several new allegations of veterans being offered unsolicited medical assistance in dying, or MAiD, by at least one of his department’s caseworkers. MacAulay told MPs on the House of Commons Veterans Affairs Committee that his department is aware of only four cases in which veterans have been offered…
Anthony Furey: Canada’s Assisted Suicide Rules Are Shocking Everyone
Commentary The terms permissive or progressive don’t do justice to the expansion of assisted suicide in Canada that’s happened practically overnight. Outrageous and unacceptable are a bitter fit. In recent months, Canadians have been shocked by news stories about people who have considered, been offered, or been approved for what we call “medical assistance in…
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