MAiD

The mother of a Vancouver woman who was transferred from St. Paul’s Hospital to another facility for medical assistance in dying testified Tuesday that the doctors and nurses at St. Paul’s were “wonderful,” but said the transfer itself was “very, very quick”.

In a case with implications for religious freedom, institutional autonomy, and health-care access across Canada, a B.C. Supreme Court trial starting Monday will consider whether faith-based hospitals can be forced to provide euthanasia on-site.

Excerpt from a House of Commons speech by B.C. Conservative MP Tamara Jansen laying out the “impossible paradox” of MAiD if her Bill C-218 isn’t passed.

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see what’s really going on inside your own home. That was certainly the case with the September 2025 issue of The Atlantic. The American magazine’s take on Canada’s experience with Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) caused deep consternation among MAID advocates across the country.

Remarks made by multiple Liberal MPs and a Bloc Québécois representative in the House of Commons signal the two federal parties are poised to vote against Bill C-218, which aims to stop approval of euthanasia access to individuals solely living with a mental illness starting on March 17, 2027.

Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevent Coalition breaks down the statistics on the EPC estimated 90,000 MAiD deaths.

The furtive establishment of a stand-alone, private euthanasia house in Victoria, B.C., has sparked criticism from pro-lifers and exposed yet another way in which medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is spreading throughout the country.

With the second reading debate for Bill C-218 expected before the Christmas recess — MPs last scheduled sitting day is Friday, Dec. 12 — advocates against expanding the Canadian assisted suicide regime are urging the successful passage of this legislation tabled by Conservative Tamara Jansen in June.

A grassroots fundraising campaign launched Sept. 30 by Life Care Network is aiming to give a 50-year-old man with a rare neurological disease the care he says he is being denied.

Dylan McGuinty Jr. has a vision of a coalition that could strike “a grand bargain” to pave the way for more traditional palliative care options in a Canada increasingly embracing euthanasia.