Euthanasia

Inclusion Canada is mobilizing over 90 disability and mental health bodies across all provinces and territories to sign on to a joint letter urging Prime Minister Mark Carney, federal cabinet ministers and the MPs sitting on the special joint committee studying medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to permanently abandon plans to expand access to individuals solely living with a mental illness on March 17, 2027.

Born with cerebral palsy (CP), Dr. Heidi Janz’s movement and speech have been severely limited every day of her life. She spent much time growing up in a hospital and requires a motorized wheelchair to move. Her CP impedes her ability to form words.

Prime Minister Mark Carney refuses, for now, to tip his hand on whether or not he favours proceeding with the March 17, 2027, expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to individuals whose sole condition is a mental illness.

Gordon Friesen, president of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, on Quebec as a surprising stage for some good news about critiques of medical homicide.

Right to Live Canada, a Canadian start-up non-profit seeking a solution to economic, poverty-driven euthanasia.

A Vancouver priest recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital says he was twice offered assisted death by health-care staff who knew he was a priest and opposed to euthanasia.

In letters to Prime Minister Mark Carney and all Members of Parliament from Toronto area, Toronto’s Cardinal Frank Leo is asking that they “choose life and not death” and build a civilization that cares in voting on Bill C-218.

Hospital chaplains now face a new need for their counselling services, even from non-believers.

The Alberta government’s new Bill 18, the Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act, has received a seal of approval from the province’s Catholic bishops.

March has gifted Canadian culture of life advocates with hope in the form of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Help Not Harm campaign and the Alberta government’s sweeping euthanasia reform bill.