Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for CanadaAlberta moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11736913/alberta-medical-assistance-in-dying/
CBC HealthAlberta bill would limit medically assisted dying to patients facing 'reasonably foreseeable' death
New legislation would prevent anyone in Alberta from receiving medical assistance in dying (MAID) who is unlikely to die within the next 12 months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-medical-assistance-in-dying-limits-legislation-9.7133788?cmp=rss
New legislation would prevent anyone in Alberta from receiving medical assistance in dying (MAID) who is unlikely to die within the next 12 months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-medical-assistance-in-dying-limits-legislation-9.7133788?cmp=rss
CBC CalgaryAlberta bill would limit medically assisted dying to patients facing 'reasonably foreseeable' death
New legislation would prevent anyone in Alberta from receiving medical assistance in dying (MAID) who is unlikely to die within the next 12 months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-medical-assistance-in-dying-limits-legislation-9.7133788?cmp=rss
New legislation would prevent anyone in Alberta from receiving medical assistance in dying (MAID) who is unlikely to die within the next 12 months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-medical-assistance-in-dying-limits-legislation-9.7133788?cmp=rss
GeeWhiz10 years since MAID in Quebec, woman who fought to expand it hopes Canada catches up | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/maid-quebec-practice-canada-advanced-requests-expansion-9.7019563
10 years since MAID in Quebec, woman who fought to expand it hopes Canada catches up | CBC News
Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her late 30s, Sandra Demontigny pushed Quebec to allow advanced requests for MAID. While Quebec has become a leader internationally for the practice over the past decade, she hopes others keep up the fight in the rest of Canada.
Flipboard News DeskMedical assistance in dying (MAID) became legal in Canada in 2016. Since then, more than 60,000 people have died with MAID. Kelley Korbin writes for Chatelaine Magazine about the laws around it, and what it was like to support her father through MAID after he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2022.
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Via #CTV @ 6:23pm ET on Sept 15, 2025
#RobertMunsch, the beloved #Canadian #author behind children’s #books such as “#LoveYouForever,” “#ThePaperBagPrincess” and “#Mortimer,” has been approved for #MedicalAssistanceInDying (MAID).
A #NewYorkTimes profile of Munsch published Sunday revealed that he applied for #MAID shortly after being diagnosed with #dementia.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canadian-childrens-author-robert-munsch-approved-for-maid/
M. GrégoireAndrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton): "I almost died by suicide fifteen years ago while battling depression. If the expansion of MAID coming into force in 2027 were in place then, I'd likely be dead right now. Today, I'm launching the #IGotBetter campaign to keep hope alive for people living with mental illness." | nitter
https://nitter.net/AndrewLawton/status/1948441663120052311#m
Broadwaybabyto“Some patients are being euthanized while suffering from untreated mental illnesses & addictions. They’re more likely to come from poor areas & be suffering from inadequate housing, lack of social supports & simple loneliness”
This is why disabled people are screaming about MAiD in Canada. It’s a slippery slope - and we’ve slid too far down.
Many patients WANT to live and simply can’t access the medical care or social supports they need to survive.
Wait times for specialists can be 12-18 months (or longer) but you can be approved to die in three. An eye opening article:
#MAiD #euthanasia #assisteddying #eugenics #ableism #disability #disabilityrights #medicalassistanceindying #healthcare #chronicillness
Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦Inclusion Canada says there has been an alarming trend where people with disabilities are seeking assisted death due to social deprivation, poverty and a lack of essential supports. A coalition of disability groups is challenging a part of Canada’s law governing #MAID. #MedicalAssistanceInDying https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maid-charter-challenge-1.7334653
Last week, Quebec announced it would go ahead with accepting advance requests for #MAID in cases where a person's condition, such as #Alzheimer's, renders them incapable of giving consent at a later date. Ottawa will launch a countrywide consultation next month on potentially changing the Criminal Code. #MedicalAssistanceInDying https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ottawa-looking-into-maid-advance-1.7365868
Ottawa will not challenge Quebec's law allowing advance requests for MAID | CBC News
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says Ottawa will not be contesting Quebec's law to allow advance requests for assisted dying, also known as MAID, as it begins Canada-wide consultations on making changes to the Criminal Code.