Quebec’s health minister said she’s open to broadening the criteria to receive medical aid to die, even if a new report revealed there is still resistance to the law in its current form. Continue reading
A video was released Wednesday by Dying With Dignity Canada, as part of the charity’s national campaign to amend Canada’s assisted-dying law. Continue reading
Six professional orders are demanding the Quebec government launch a legal challenge on the grounds of constitutionality against the federal legislation. Continue reading
The Sisters of St. Martha has an agreement with the Nova Scotia government, forbidding medically-assisted dying at St. Martha’s Hospital in Antigonish. Continue reading
Under federal law, natural death must be “reasonably foreseeable” before someone can receive medical assistance in dying. The Quebec law similarly says people must “be at the end of life.” Continue reading
Covenant Health has released its policy for responding to requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID) but some politicians say it doesn’t go far enough. Continue reading
Scott Thompson asks, What is the sense of giving those living with a terminal illness the right to die, and not allowing them to pick when? Continue reading
Audrey Parker was given a series of lethal injections while she was surrounded by family and a few friends at her apartment in Halifax. Continue reading
Canada’s health minister says she has heard the pleas of a Halifax woman who plans to end her life today with medical assistance. Continue reading
Audrey Parker, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer in 2016, says Canada’s assisted dying legislation will allow her to end her prolonged suffering — but sooner than she would like. Continue reading