Features Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:07:27 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb MAiD toll almost five per cent of deaths /item/37532-maid-toll-almost-five-per-cent-of-deaths /item/37532-maid-toll-almost-five-per-cent-of-deaths

Health CanadaƵapp new annual report about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) revealed that euthanasia now accounts for nearly five per cent — 15,343 people — of the nationƵapp total fatalities (326,571) in 2023. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:53:39 -0500
Pro-lifers criticize ‘rigged’ MAiD consultations /item/37471-pro-lifers-criticize-rigged-maid-consultations /item/37471-pro-lifers-criticize-rigged-maid-consultations

B.C. pro-life leaders are crying foul over what they charge is a rigged Health Canada consultation on medical assistance in dying (MAiD), saying itƵapp aimed at suppressing opposition to the legalization of advance requests as Quebec is doing.

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Canada Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:08:30 -0500
Concerns that vulnerable pushed toward MAiD /item/37436-concerns-that-vulnerable-pushed-toward-maid /item/37436-concerns-that-vulnerable-pushed-toward-maid

A new survey co-commissioned by the Angus Reid Institute and Cardus found 62 per cent of Canadians are concerned that socially and financially vulnerable citizens will choose euthanasia instead of seeking out adequate and quality health care.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 06 Dec 2024 08:41:40 -0500
Catholic bishops decry British end of life vote: 'May God help us' /home/international/item/37421-catholic-bishops-decry-british-end-of-life-vote-may-god-help-us /home/international/item/37421-catholic-bishops-decry-british-end-of-life-vote-may-god-help-us

Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a "dark day" in the history of the country.

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International Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:40:44 -0500
MAiD non-compliance goes unpunished /item/37376-maid-non-compliance-goes-unpunished /item/37376-maid-non-compliance-goes-unpunished

Regulators of OntarioƵapp euthanasia program have identified 428 cases of non-compliance by assisted suicide providers since 2016, but none of those violations were reported to the public or law enforcement. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:56:34 -0500
Quebec defies Canadian law on MAiD directives /item/37332-quebec-defies-canadian-law-on-maid-directives /item/37332-quebec-defies-canadian-law-on-maid-directives

Quebec began accepting advanced requests for assisted suicide on Oct. 30, and the federal government has pledged not to stand in the Francophone provinceƵapp way. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:21:34 -0500
Achtman brings out humanity in end-of-life stories /features/item/37315-achtman-brings-out-humanity-in-end-of-life-stories /features/item/37315-achtman-brings-out-humanity-in-end-of-life-stories

On Oct. 30, the Province of Quebec implemented its highly controversial euthanasia directives that allow certain patients to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), beating any national changes to the current law. Now, patients can request MAiD well before the natural end of life under the guise that the appeal is required before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent.

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Special Features Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:01:54 -0400
Bishops champion life over MAiD /item/37307-bishops-champion-life-over-maid /item/37307-bishops-champion-life-over-maid

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) and collaborating stakeholders have crystalized a vision of palliative care that champions life rather than medically assisted death.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:37:22 -0400
Call it what it is: lethal injection /item/37187-call-it-what-it-is-lethal-injection /item/37187-call-it-what-it-is-lethal-injection

“Saddened, but not surprised” is how Cardinal Thomas Collins characterized his reaction to CanadaƵapp now infamous reputation as the worldƵapp fastest-growing euthanasia regime.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:48:23 -0400
Disability rights coalition challenging Track 2 MAiD /item/37185-disability-rights-coalition-challenging-maid /item/37185-disability-rights-coalition-challenging-maid

A coalition of disability rights organizations has united to challenge Track 2 of CanadaƵapp Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law, which provides euthanasia to people with a disability who are not dying or whose death is not reasonably foreseeable.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:20:41 -0400