Noted US commentator and lawyer. Wesley Smith comments on the problems with implementing the Quebec Report. This is very important given the reliance on this report in recent days in Tasmanian discussion paper on euthanasia & assisted suicide:  Article 1:  Continue reading

 provides insights and warning about the latest push by the Quebecois government to by pass the national government and go-it-alone on euthanasia. Alex Schadenberg  Continue reading

This is a disturbing yet compelling read. Will our state health systems go the same way as Canada (if were not there already) or do we have the leadership in Australia to ensure that the system remains focused on health and well being?  The following article was written by Dr. Sherif Emil who is a paediatric surgeon at the Montreal Children's Hospital. This article was published in the Montreal Gazette on January 17, 2013 under the title:  Continue reading

The Canadian Government has released its statement to the Canadian Court ahead of its appeal of the Carter judgement that sought to force the government to overturn the longstanding prohibition of Assisted Suicide. Alex Schadenberg reports: The lawyers for the Government of Canada have submitted their reasons for appealing the decision by Justice Smith in BC.On June 15, Justice Smith decided in the Carter case that Canada's assisted suicide law was unconstitutional, that euthanasia needed to be legalized for limited circumstances, that Gloria Taylor, one of the plaintiffs could have a constitutional exemption to euthanasia and assisted suicide and she ordered parliament to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide by June 15, 2013. Continue reading

  An update on the Carter Case in Canada from EPC head, Alex Schadenberg:  Continue reading

  The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) applauds the decision by Justice Minister, Hon Rob Nicholson, who today announced the appeal Continue reading

   â�� It's not easy to watch someone die. It's hard to watch a person's basic abilities, like walking and talking, being taken away bit by bit. And it's heart-wrenchingly difficult when that person is also in great pain or struggling for breath. Those are hard cases.CALGARY Continue reading

  The qualification criteria for euthanasia have more holes than a Swiss cheese! Take for example: "has a serious and incurable disease".  This is so broad as to include the cold sore virus!This article from the National Post in the US looks at the recommendations of the Quebec parliaments report on euthanasia & palliative care. Continue reading

"Never suggest an inquiry unless you know the outcome beforehand."  A commonly used phrase in politics and, most likely, the kind of advice Sir Humphrey Appleby might have given Jim Hacker MP in the British political comedy,  !Yes Minister Continue reading