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Vancouver hospital defends suggesting MAID to suicidal patient as risk assessment tool
By Andrea Woo The Globe and Mail August 8th, 2023 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-maid-suicide-patient-va...
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Conscience Rights
- Mar 6
Doctors, disability advocates condemn parliamentary committee’s recommendation to expand MAID law
By Erin Anderssen https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-maid-report-parliamentary-committee/
Conscience Rights
- Feb 13
John Ivison: A society that justifies child euthanasia must question whether it truly values life
The new report recommends amending the Criminal Code to include 'mature minors' — a group one witness said should include those as young...
Conscience Rights
- Feb 13
Major parties support quick passage of Liberal bill delaying assisted dying expansion
The Canadian Press Staff https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/major-parties-support-quick-passage-of-liberal-bill-delaying-assisted-dying-expa...
Conscience Rights
- Dec 30, 2022
MAID in Canada: What’s Behind the Euthanasia Scandal?
Advocates argue it would be discriminatory to deny assisted suicide to patients with mental illnesses. By Chris Selley...
Conscience Rights
- Dec 3, 2022
What Euthanasia Has Done to Canada
And the further de-Christianization proceeds, the stronger the impulse to go where the Simons video already went — to rationalize the new...
Conscience Rights
- Dec 2, 2022
Michael Higgins: Our veterans ask for help. They're offered assisted death
The dark road we're on with MAID is on the verge of turning pitch black By Michael Higgins, https://nationalpost.com/opinion/our-veterans...
Conscience Rights
- Nov 29, 2022
Justice Minister David Lametti under fire for ‘unbelievable’ comparisons
between euthanasia and suicide. Suicide prevention experts are appalled by comments from Canada’s justice minister, Althia Raj writes. By...
Conscience Rights
- Nov 24, 2022
Another Canadian Forces member alleges Veterans Affairs offered assisted death as 'support'
'I was kinda hoping they would help me with my transition out of the military,' 'Bruce' said on a trauma-recovery podcast for CF members...
Conscience Rights
- Oct 24, 2022
Veterans Affairs caseworker allegedly admits to helping veterans end their lives, committee hears
Testimony alleges caseworker suggested medically-assisted death was a better option than 'blowing your brains out against the wall' By...
Conscience Rights
- Oct 14, 2022
World Medical Association upholds Conscience Protections.
Recently the World Medical Association (WMA) upheld, after much debate, a position respecting conscience rights. Physicians from Canada...
Conscience Rights
- Oct 14, 2022
Ben Woodfinden: Canada must not become a country that kills disabled babies
We simply cannot be in the business of killing babies and we should instead be funding better palliative care for everyone, including...
Conscience Rights
- Oct 12, 2022
Jamil Jivani: Canadians need stronger conscience rights against assisted suicide
We need to have a national conversation about how quickly the law is changing. By Jamil Jivani https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamil-jiv...
Conscience Rights
- Oct 11, 2022
Quebec College of Physicians slammed for suggesting MAID for severely ill newborns
'Canada cannot begin killing babies when doctors predict there is no hope for them. Predictions are far too often based on discriminatory...
Conscience Rights
- Oct 5, 2022
Conservative MP's bill on conscience rights for assisted death fails, but gets Poilievre's support
Nearly all Conservative members of Parliament voted for the bill. By Stephanie Taylor https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/conservative...
Conscience Rights
- Aug 16, 2022
Veterans Affairs says worker ‘inappropriately’ discussed medically assisted death with veteran
A Canadian Forces veteran seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury was shocked when he was...
Conscience Rights
- Jul 20, 2022
Fewer than half of Canadians support assisted death for mental disorders: poll
By Sharon Kirky https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/fewer-than-half-of-canadians-support-assisted-death-for-mental-disorders-poll
Conscience Rights
- Jul 17, 2022
Health-care providers and MAID: The reasons why some don’t offer medically assisted death
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) was legalized in Canada in 2016. Since then, there have been year-over-year increases in Canadians...
Conscience Rights
- Jul 12, 2022
Death shouldn’t always be the sentence for suffering Canadians
As our Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) laws expand, even supporters of MAiD have become alarmed at how widely the net is being cast....
Conscience Rights
- May 24, 2022
In some families, medical assistance in dying is anything but a peaceful ending
Family members often support the idea of MAID in the abstract, but the procedure can take on a new meaning when it hits close to home By...
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