Canada Assisted-dying
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‘Awful for patients’: Frustration grows over delay in assisted dying expansionThe Liberal government's decision to expand medical assistance in dying to people with mental illness as a sole underlying condition has sparked a wide range of reaction in Canada.CanadaApr 9, 2023
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Veterans Affairs agent at centre of assisted dying cases ‘no longer employed’A spokesperson for Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay's office confirmed the information Tuesday, after a protracted labour relations process was resolved this week.CanadaDec 20, 2022
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Veterans minister says he thinks all assisted dying talks now known, but isn’t certainIn a year-end interview, Lawrence MacAulay confirmed the same veterans service agent was responsible for all four confirmed cases of discussions about assisted dying.CanadaDec 17, 2022
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Veterans affairs minister says no more assisted dying cases found despite new claimsLawrence MacAulay and his deputy said the department could not confirm the claims by retired corporal and Paralympian Christine Gauthier that she was offered MAiD.CanadaDec 5, 2022
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Trudeau says assisted dying offers to veterans ‘unacceptable’ as cases mountTrudeau spoke a day after a paraplegic veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces shocked lawmakers by revealing she had been offered medically-assisted death by a VAC employee.CanadaDec 2, 2022
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Veterans Affairs assisted dying probe finds 2 more cases, RCMP contacted: minister"I can confirm the RCMP have been contacted, and the department has taken steps to formally refer the case," MacAulay said of the discovery.CanadaNov 24, 2022
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Veterans Affairs assisted dying discussion a ‘serious wake-up call,’ advocates tell MPsWitnesses at a parliamentary committee highlighted the length of time veterans have to wait for benefits compared to medical assistance in dying.CanadaOct 24, 2022
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Veterans Affairs assisted dying discussion was isolated, but probe ongoing: ministersVeterans Affairs ministers told a parliamentary committee that the ongoing investigation into the incident has determined "no other instance" of similar discussions.CanadaOct 20, 2022
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Trudeau says discussing medically assisted death with veteran ‘unacceptable’The prime minister was also asked about the suspension of funding to an anti-racism project after a senior consultant posted tweets that have been called antisemitic.PoliticsAug 23, 2022
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Ottawa orders ‘full and thorough’ probe into veteran assisted dying discussion"If that veteran was close to the edge, that might have been the hair that broke the camel's back," one veteran told Global News. "It's so cavalier with somebody's life."CanadaAug 19, 2022
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