Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying rather than live with bedsores
A quadriplegic Quebec man has chosen assisted dying because of a bedsore he acquired when a hospital failed to give him a special pressure mattress. ...
Canadian man wins right to a government-funded ‘penile-preserving vaginoplasty’
An Ontario man has won the right to government-funded gender-affirming surgery in the United States which will give him both a vagina and a penis. ...
Canadian father fights to stop autistic daughter from accessing MAID
A Calgary man has won a temporary stay of the euthanasia of his 27-year-old daughter who is suffering from autism. According to a report in CBC...
Canada delays euthanasia for people with mental illness
For a second year in a row, Canada’s federal government is going to delay opening euthanasia to people whose only condition is a mental illness....
Canadian man charged over internet suicides
If anyone doubts the power of the internet to change lives, they should speak with Ontario Police. They recently charged a Toronto man, Kenneth Law,...
Al-Jazeera investigates euthanasia in Canada
Most people are completely ignorant of how radical Canada's right-to-die legislation has become. This documentary from Al-Jazeera exposes the incredible injustice of offering death instead...
Canadian psychiatrists defend euthanasia for mental illness
Debate in Canada over the upcoming inclusion of mental illness as a reason for medical aid in dying is heating up. A powerful editorial in...
One in 25 deaths in Canada last year was due to euthanasia
In 2022, 13,241 Canadians died through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) – 4.1% of all deaths. Since euthanasia and assisted suicide were legalised in 2016,...
Canada’s surrogacy industry has a seedy side
Commercial surrogacy is a many-faceted problem, ethically, medically, and politically. One feature which seldom surfaces in sanitised accounts of surrogacy is the business side. As...
Toronto’s MAiDHouse: a pleasant place to pass
An interesting aspect of the normalization of euthanasia in Canada is the MAIDHouse. People who want to access MAiD, Canada’s acronym for medical assistance in...
Canada has a dark past as a champion of eugenics for the disabled
Canada is acquiring a reputation for being the most progressive place on the planet for euthanasia. An article in the National Post by Tristin Hopper...
Will Canadian doctors be forced to market euthanasia to their patients?
Canada is constantly working to increase the number of euthanasia deaths. The latest development is proposed guidelines which practically require doctors and nurse practitioners to...