Rushing to death in Canada’s MAiD regime: Ramona Coelho for Inside Policy
By Ramona Coelho, April 7, 2025 Canada legalized Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in 2016, encompassing both euthanasia and assisted ...
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Assisted suicide activists should not be running our MAID program: Shawn Whatley in the National Post
This article originally appeared in the National Post. By Shawn Whatley, December 23, 2023 The federal government chose a right-to-die ...
Answering Sue Rodriguez, finally: Why we should avoid the easy route in chronic care – Tom Koch for Inside Policy
By Tom Koch, May 3, 2023 It has been 30 years since Sue Rodriguez became the face and querulous voice ...
When suicide attempts turn into assisted suicides: Alexander Raikin for Inside Policy
By Alexander Raikin, April 20, 2023 Paramedics rushed “Mr. S” to the Emergency Department of Mount Sinai Hospital. It was ...
More than we imagined? Unresolved tensions and the current state of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada: Shawn Whatley
By Shawn Whatley April 20, 2023 PDF of commentary “It is as though the Canadian Constitution, through the Supreme Court, ...
Webinar Panel Video: MAiD – How far dare we go on medical assistance in dying?
An emotional and divisive debate is playing out before the Canadian Senate as Senators consider amendments to bill C-7, potentially ...
Canadians are being left in the dark on medically assisted dying: Harvey Schipper and Robyn Boucher in the Hill Times
There are times of crisis where we need to move on best guesses, incomplete and shifting data. The current pandemic ...
Understanding the new epidemic disease of MAiDism: Harvey Schipper for Inside Policy
The spectre of having a doctor end one’s life has begun to take its toll on vulnerable people in our ...
Rush to expand MAiD turns policy-making on its head: Harvey Schipper and Harry Swain in the Vancouver Sun
There is something troubling, even dangerous, about the way MAiD is evolving in Canada, and that is the absence of ...
We’re moving too fast with too little evidence on Medical Assistance in Dying: MLI commentary by Harvey Schipper
OTTAWA, ON (February 14, 2020): With the federal government set to introduce legislation to expand Medical Assistance in Dying (often ...
Let’s not rush to expand eligibility for medical assistance in dying: Hannah Ahrendt for Inside Policy
Medical assistance in dying should not be allowed for minors or in cases where mental disorder is the sole underlying ...
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The CAF recruitment system is failing everyone: J.L. Granatstein for Inside Policy
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Senior Canadian officials seek to isolate Israel – and Canada’s Jewish community: Alan Kessel for Inside Policy
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Unseating responsible government: Judicial interference in Canada’s parliamentary democracy
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A separate Alberta would be a poorer Alberta: Trevor Tombe in The Hub
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More hammers, fewer homes: Why a construction labour surge isn’t ending Canada’s housing crisis
