Quebec euthanasia deaths the highest in the world
Euthanasia in Quebec has reached 7% of deaths, the highest in the world. Nonetheless, the head of the province’s Commission on End-of-Life Care, Dr Michel...
Quebec becomes world leader in euthanasia
Quebec has shot straight to the top of the league table for euthanasia. According to projections published in the Daily Mail, more than 7% of...
Euthanasia in Quebec: seamless service at a friendly funeral parlour
In Quebec, the number of cases of euthanasia has risen from 63 in 2015-2016 to 3663 in 2021-2022. Nowadays many patients find it difficult to...
Quebec euthanasia deaths the highest in the world
Quebec has become the jurisdiction with the highest proportion of deaths by euthanasia and assisted suicide in the world, according to Michel Bureau, president of...
Quebec doctors back euthanasia for newborns
Euthanasia in Canada is racing ahead. A law authorising doctors and nurses to give patients lethal injections was passed in 2016. A law to extend...
Quebec moving toward euthanasia for dementia patients
A government commission in Quebec has recommended the use of advance directives in euthanasia. In a report released this week, the committee says that "a...
Quebec anaesthetist fighting euthanasia allegations
Police blotter. Here is a case from Quebec which suggests two things. First, that Canada’s medical aid in dying legislation does not mean that doctors...