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Campaigners warn of MAID 'time bomb' ahead of national march in Ottawa
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (486+ words) OTTAWA " Leaders of Canada's largest pro-life group warned on Wednesday that eligibility for medical assistance in dying, or MAID, is poised to expand dramatically in less than a year if legislative action is not taken to halt the change. Speaking…...
10/3 podcast: MAID debate: Alberta pushes back as Canada grapples with assisted dying
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (170+ words) Perhaps one of the most controversial issues in Canada is MAID, or medical assistance in dying. There are people who feel that it's being offered too readily in cases where death may not be an appropriate course, and others who…...
Dutch doctors euthanized an autistic teen. Why some say that should be a "wake-up call" for Canada
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1130+ words) Dutch doctors report that requests for MAID on mental health grounds "have risen sharply, with a disproportionate increase among young adults and, more recently, minors" Four-and-a-half years after he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a Dutch teen was euthanized…...
Chris Selley: Canada got euthanasia wrong. That doesn't mean everyone else has to
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (390+ words) Most countries, Scotland included, likely don't realize just how dysfunctional, unserious and lazy Canada is. Across the pond in Edinburgh, meanwhile, members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) voted 69 to 57 against legalizing medically assisted suicide even for terminally ill, mentally competent…...
Ramona'Coelho: Alberta bill restricting assisted suicide reaffirms that care comes first
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (548+ words) Danielle Smith's plan reinforces the ethical principles that coercive influences to die should never drive MAi D eligibility Alberta's'Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act'signals a fundamental policy and ethical correction: medical assistance in dying must remain an exceptional,…...
FIRST READING: Canada likely to mark 100, 000th MAID death by summer
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (803+ words) More Canadians are dying from assisted suicide each year than all the world's other countries combined Just as Canada approaches the 10th anniversary of legal assisted suicide, the country is on course to soon record 100, 000 total deaths from Medical Assistance in…...
Colby Cosh: Can the courts force a Catholic hospital to kill?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (92+ words) Lawsuit seeks to make B. C.'s Providence Health Care provide assisted suicide A Best Buy tech expert shares this year's top wellness trends and devices From well-insulated outerwear to expertly engineered layers, check out these five snow styles Founded in 2003, Gentle…...
Conservative grassroots to debate DEI, conversion therapy, abortion and immigration at convention
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (932+ words) OTTAWA " Conservative grassroots will debate amending the party's policy towards diversity, as well as deleting a clause that says a future government would not support legislation restricting abortion, when they meet in Calgary later this month." Delegates from across the…...
Chris Selley: Liberals' misleading 'femicide' bill is cynical even for them
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (338+ words) Bill C-16 establishes no new provision with respect to killing women specifically. It just pretends to Now we have Bill C-16, which passed first reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Minor detail, though: C-16 doesn't establish any new crime of "femicide…...
Late-term abortions are being performed in Canada without a serious medical reason
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1791+ words) New videos from anti-abortion activists have sparked a debate on the guardrails in a country without any abortion legislation at all In 2013, former longtime Liberal MP Dr. Carolyn Bennett, in a terse letter to the National Post, said no doctor…...