Euthanasia Articles
UN disability rights committee condemns Canada’s liberal euthanasia law
Paul Tuns: On March 21, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities condemned Canada’s euthanasia regime, [...]
An agenda for the next Parliament
The Interim went to press days before the April 28 federal election and whatever the results, there does not appear [...]
Pope Francis on abortion, euthanasia
Paul Tuns, Commentary: Pope Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88, after leading the Catholic Church for 12 [...]
Poilievre vows to maintain status quo on abortion and euthanasia
Paul Tuns: During a podcast interview with Olivier Primeau released on April 9, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said a Conservative [...]
Cause of death
At what point will the size of Canada’s so-called “Medical Assistance in Dying” program become cause for alarm? What percentage [...]
Canadian Human Rights Commission, NGO coalition express concerns about MAiD to UN
Paul Tuns Numerous organizations from Canada submitted concerns about Canada’s euthanasia regime to the United National Convention on the Rights [...]
And then there was this, March 2025
Danielle Smith outraged about euthanasia Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appeared on the John Bachman Now Show on Newsmax in [...]
Assisted suicide laws, once legal, inevitably expand
Alex Schadenberg, Special to The Interim: When a jurisdiction is debating an assisted suicide bill, many organizations and individuals present information [...]
Cardinal Leo calls on Ottawa to pause euthanasia expansion
Paul Tuns: Toronto Cardinal Francis Leo called out the Trudeau government for “normalizing euthanasia” as he condemned the Health Department’s [...]
Nearly 5 per cent of all deaths by euthanasia in 2023
Paul Tuns: The Fifth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying released in December, and updated and clarified last month, [...]
Ellen Wiebe’s euthanasia practice challenged
Interim Staff: The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) launched a petition to British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne, Conservative Health Critic [...]
Just killing
Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey Quebec “legalized” euthanasia in 2014, even though the federal prohibition [...]
Criminal case opened in suicide pod killing in Switzerland
Mary Zwicker: Arrests have been made and a criminal case opened following the use of a “suicide pod” to end [...]
Anti-euthanasia champion Rita Marker, dead at 83
Paul Tuns: Rita Marker, who Wesley Smith called “the great anti-euthanasia warrior,” died at the age of 83 on Oct. [...]
Not Dead Yet Founder Diane Coleman dead 51 years into adulthood
Paul Tuns: Diane Coleman, founder of the anti-euthanasia organization Not Dead Yet, died on Nov. 1 at the age of [...]