MAiD

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.

Nicole Scheidl, executive director of Canadian Physicians for Life, calls out the “deep bias” of the Alberta Medical Association’s survey on the provincial government’s changes to MAiD survey in the province.

The push to build support for Bill C-218, the Right to Recover Act, remains at a robust tempo even though it is no longer clear when the legislation will receive its second hour of debate in the House of Commons.

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.