MAID

• Carney, Liberals awaiting on committee report to decide on MAID extension

  A parliamentary committee of senators and MPs is studying whether Canada is ready to expand medical assistance in dying to those whose sole underlying condition is mental illness.

  Health

  May 6
  
• Archbishop calls on Carney to stop extension of MAID for mental illness

  Archbishop Frank Leo has written a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney urging him to 'choose life and not death' when it comes to expanding assisted dying eligibility.

  Canada

  Apr 30
  
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• Parliamentary panel studying MAID mental health expansion is biased: expert

  Jocelyn Downie says the committee's co-chairs are both openly opposed to the extension, as are most of the witnesses the committee of senators and MPs has called so far.

  Health

  Apr 23
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• Alberta’s plan to curb MAID access worries ALS, Parkinson’s advocates

  Alberta's move could unintentionally disadvantage people with neurological diseases like ALS by limiting MAID based on predictability of death, rather than severity of suffering.

  Health

  Apr 14
• Closing arguments begin in B.C. MAID and faith-based hospital lawsuit

  B.C.'s Supreme Court is hearing the case focusing on 34-year-old Sam O'Neill, who had Stage 4 cervical cancer and had chosen MAID to end her life.

  Health

  Apr 13
• Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust: practitioners

  The doctors, psychiatrists and others that work in the medical assistance in dying program have signed a statement saying they strongly oppose Alberta's planned restrictions.

  Politics

  Mar 27
• Alberta moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying

  The UCP government introduced a bill stipulating only those likely to die of natural causes within a year would be eligible for medical assistance in dying.

  Politics

  Mar 18
• MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner

  A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying.

  Health

  Mar 4
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• Ontario family calls for changes after their 26-year-old son received MAID in B.C.

  “He didn't have the items necessary to qualify for MAID and quite frankly, the system failed him," Joseph Caprara, Vafaeian's stepfather, said.

  Health

  Jan 29
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• Why an Ontario couple is leading MAID lawsuit before B.C. Supreme Court

  The O'Neills are at the centre of a Charter of Rights challenge, now before the B.C. Supreme Court, that seeks to end the practice of so-called "forced transfers."

  Health

  Jan 14