Category: Canada

Is killing babies by euthanasia just another form of “care”?

By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. Michael Higgins, who was published in the National Post on November 22, asks the Quebec College of Physicians if killing babies is just another form of “care.” Higgins explains that the Quebec College of Physicians told the Special Parliamentary Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying that they support …

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Canada’s euthanasia law is a moral outrage

Canada has the dubious honour of being the global capital of euthanasia By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Kevin Yuill spoke at the Euthanasia Symposium at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 16. On November 17, he wrote a piece for Spiked  titled  “Canada’s euthanasia laws are a moral outrage”. Yuill explains his …

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Quebec doctors back euthanasia for newborns

By Michael Cook Euthanasia in Canada is racing ahead. A law authorizing doctors and nurses to give patients lethal injections was passed in 2016. A law to extend the right to die to patients without a terminal illness was passed in 2021. A sunset clause permits people with mental illness to request euthanasia from 2023. …

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Canada’s euthanasia (MAiD) regime will be the most permissive in the world

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition “61 per cent of Canadians …are unsure or don’t support MAiD for those waiting for care.” Canada’s euthanasia (MAiD) regime is the most permissive in the world, with the exception of child euthanasia. The recent W5 investigative report by Avis Favaro focuses on people who want to …

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Saskatchewan 811 Health Line Stops Promoting Euthanasia

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition CBC News Saskatchewan reporter Laura Sciarpelletti on September 19 published a report that the Saskatchewan Health Authority 811 help line removed the link to the Medical Aid in Dying (euthanasia) program. According to the CBC News report Everett Hindley, Saskatchewan’s Minister of Mental Health sent out a …

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Good news and bad news for pre-born children in New Brunswick, Canada

By We Need a Law The good news is very good It goes underreported in the pro-life community how pro-abortion efforts have been consistently frustrated in New Brunswick. We don’t see this success often, so it’s worth taking a moment to be grateful that the government in New Brunswick, under the leadership of Premier Blaine …

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‘Disturbing’: Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws which arguably are the world’s most permissive

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Maria Cheng published an investigative report for the Associated Press on August 11 titled: ‘Disturbing’: Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws. She writes Disability experts say the story is not unique in Canada, which arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules — allowing people with serious disabilities …

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Jocelyn Downie urges Québec physicians to expand interpretation of euthanasia law. 

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article by Jocelyn Downie, Canada’s leading pro-euthanasia academic that was published by Policy Options on July 25 asks the question: Who is actually eligible for medical assistance in Dying in Quebec? Many people are not aware that Canada has two euthanasia laws, the federal law and …

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Canada’s ever-expanding euthanasia law  

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr. Mark D’Souza, a Toronto physician who specializes in pain and symptom management, was published by the Toronto Sun on July 18. The headline for article was “The ever-expanding goalposts of euthanasia in Canada”. D’Souza examines the concern of people who cannot gain effective treatment for their …

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Québec’s euthanasia expansion bill is likely delayed until after the October election.

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Bill 38 would expand (MAiD) euthanasia in Québec by allowing euthanasia by advanced directive and forcing medical institutions, such as hospices, to participate in euthanasia. Bill 38 was originally slated to be pushed through before the October 3, 2022 election but it has now been delayed. The …

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Canadian Bill to Allow Euthanasia of Dementia Patients

By Wesley J. Smith The Netherlands and Belgium already permit people diagnosed with dementia to sign an advance directive ordering themselves killed when they become incapacitated. This has even resulted in one case in which such a patient was euthanized despite resisting — and the government responded by changing the law to enable death-doctors to …

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