Pages tagged "Canada"
Quebec: 50 euthanasia deaths in 5 months.
May 11, 2016
No new commitment to palliative care. This story is written by Amy Hasbrouck. It includes quotes and sections translated from that an article by Davide Gentile of Radio Canada that appeared in the Huffington Post online on May 4, 2016. Link to the original article.Amy Hasbrouck - is a lawyer and the founder of the disability rights group Toujours Vivant - Not Dead Yet and is the EPC Vice President.
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Canada: Euthanasia bill provides perfect cover for acts of murder.
Apr 16, 2016
By Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying) was tabled today in the House of Commons.Bill C-14 appears more restrictive in comparison to the radical recommendations from the government assisted dying committee. The bill does not extend euthanasia to mature minors, to people with dementia, or to people who seek death by lethal injection based only on psychological reasons and it appears to require the person to have a terminal condition.
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Canada: Assisted dying report goes beyond scope, ignores evidence
Feb 29, 2016
By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. On February 25, the Special Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying released its report advising the government what to include in the euthanasia legislation in Canada.The Supreme Court struck down Canada's assisted suicide law (February 6, 2015) and have now given parliament until June 6, 2016 to implement a new law.
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Oh! Canada! Report to Parliament on Euthanasia
Feb 26, 2016
By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying (Committee) was released today under the veneer of a "Patient-Centred Approach."The report contains 21 recommendations that ensure access to euthanasia and assisted suicide, under the term "Assisted Dying" for people who seeks to be killed by a medical professional, based on physical or psychological suffering.
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First euthanasia case in Quebec
Jan 24, 2016
By Michael Cook cross posted from Bioedge At least one person and perhaps three have been euthanased in Quebec since the Canadian province's legislation went into effect in December. Dr Georges L'Espérance, president of the death-with-dignity group l'Association québécoise pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité, said that he was not aware of the circumstances surrounding the deaths.Dr L'Espérance does not believe that the number of euthanasia deaths will be very large. "Considering our population here and what has happened in other countries (where euthanasia is legal), I would be very surprised if we have more than 50 or 60 cases in the first year," he told the National Post.
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Lewis: Four months is not enough for a full debate on euthanasia.
Jan 20, 2016
The Supreme Court of Canada gave an extension of time to the National Parliament to legislate for euthanasia and assisted suicide. It's not enough argues Charlie Lewis. By Charlie Lewis (cross posted from Alex Schadenberg's blog)You can read Alex's full eport HERE.
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Canada Supreme Court Conjures "Right" to be Dead
Jan 19, 2016
by WESLEY J. SMITH Canada is on the verge of instituting the most radical culture of death in the world.More radical than the Netherlands, which allows psychiatrists to euthanize the mentally ill.
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Quebec tells doctors they will be made to practice euthanasia
Sep 30, 2015
This article was published by OneNewsNow on September 25, 2015. by Alex SchadenbergA Canadian province is getting tough with medical personnel who are opposed to doctor-assisted suicide.
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Québec euthanasia kit offers no effective oversight over life and death.
Sep 03, 2015
By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition According to an article written by Sharon Kirkey and published by newspapers affiliated with the National Post, the Québec government will distribute euthanasia kits with step by step instructions for killing patients. The Québec government is following a similar protocol to the Netherlands euthanasia law.After several years of language games, it is clear that the Québec government has given physicians the right, in law, to kill their patients by lethal injection. The article states:
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Judgement day in SCC Canada decision revisited - disability discrimination to death.
Aug 03, 2015
By Dr Kevin Fitzpatrick OBE, is the director of Hope Ireland. (First published on Alex Schadenberg's Blog) February 6, 2015 was a disastrous day for Canadians with disabilities - not just for them - but for all disabled people everywhere, and all people made vulnerable by the fact that they are facing end-of-life decisions.The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) judgement writes euthanasia into law on the grounds of disability alone. That is archetypal disability discrimination - in this case, to death.
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