MAiD

Pro-lifers laud UN saying Canada’s MAiD law discriminates

Terry O'Neill · April 17, 2025

Pro-life voices are welcoming a United Nations report citing the need “to ensure the right to life for persons with disabilities” in the face of Canada’s growing MAiD culture.

On MAiD, ‘things have not gotten better’

Quinton Amundson · April 16, 2025

Saskatoon Bishop Mark Hagemoen said the Saskatchewan bishops' recent pastoral letter on assisted suicide issued is an acknowledgment and response to the realities that have emerged since 2017. “Eight years later things have not gotten better.”

Saskatchewan bishops affirm stance against MAiD

Quinton Amundson · March 18, 2025

Saskatchewan's bishops are poised to unveil a new document about euthanasia on March 25.

MAiD remains a StatCan blind spot

Quinton Amundson · March 17, 2025

Statistics Canada’s 2024 Health of Canadians snapshot, released March 5, contains some positive news for the country. However, there is a gaping lack of mention of one particular health issue: euthanasia.

Quebec MAiD growth outpaces all others

'Explosive growth'

Anna Farrow · February 26, 2025

A Quebec report on end-of-life care reveals that the province is in a class of its own when it comes to euthanasia, though the rest of Canada is not far behind.

Latest MAiD survey biased, pro-lifers claim

Quinton Amundson · February 17, 2025

Concerns have been raised about how Health Canada implemented its two-month national consultation on advanced requests for euthanasia that concluded Feb. 14.

EPC seeks probe into MAiD doctor

Canadian Catholic News · January 25, 2025

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) has submitted a petition to B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., urging an investigation into the euthanasia practices of Dr. Ellen Wiebe, a prominent and controversial Vancouver provider of medical assistance in dying (MAiD).

MAiD toll almost five per cent of deaths

Quinton Amundson · December 30, 2024

Health Canada’s new annual report about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) revealed that euthanasia now accounts for nearly five per cent — 15,343 people — of the nation’s total fatalities (326,571) in 2023.

Pro-lifers criticize ‘rigged’ MAiD consultations

‘A sham’

Terry O'Neill · December 13, 2024

B.C. pro-life leaders are crying foul over what they charge is a rigged Health Canada consultation on medical assistance in dying (MAiD), saying it’s aimed at suppressing opposition to the legalization of advance requests as Quebec is doing.

Concerns that vulnerable pushed toward MAiD

Study shows 'erosion of care standards'

Quinton Amundson · December 6, 2024

A new survey co-commissioned by the Angus Reid Institute and Cardus found 62 per cent of Canadians are concerned that socially and financially vulnerable citizens will choose euthanasia instead of seeking out adequate and quality health care.