Euthanasia Articles
House re-starts debate on C-384
Bipartisan opposition to private member’s bill legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide On March 16, the House of Commons [...]
Creeping euthanasia: In many places, it advances by stealth
Where are we now? Where do we go? This article is written to establish the current concerns related to the [...]
Vote on C-384
On Dec. 30, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked Governor General Michaelle Jean to prorogue Parliament, shutting it down until March [...]
Man in coma misdiagnosed for 23 years
A Belgian man diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years after an automobile accident was [...]
Paraplegic MP to abstain from C-384
On Nov. 2, a column by Steven Fletcher appeared in the National Post about C-384, a private member’s bill that [...]
C-384 debated for one hour
On Oct. 2, Bill C-384, Francine Lalonde’s private member’s bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, received its first hour [...]
Nobel Lalonde?
“Where are you going, Frank?” asked my wife. “Ottawa, my dear, to interview a BQ MP.” “I thought it was [...]
With work, we will defeat Bill C-384
On Oct. 2, Bill C-384, the private member’s bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, is to receive its first [...]
Quebec doctors open euthanasia debate
The Quebec College of Physicians ethics task force is pushing the envelope on euthanasia by proposing that some forms of [...]
14 points about Bill C-384, Lalonde’s euthanasia bill
On May 13, Francine Lalonde MP (BQ - La Pointe-de-l’Île) introduced Bill C-384: An Act to amend the Criminal Code [...]
MP seeks to end counseling suicide over internet
MP Harold Albrecht (C, Kitchener-Conestoga) says that his recent effort to outlaw the use of the internet to [...]
Euthanasia bill introduced in Parliament
On May 12, Francine Lalonde (Bloc, La Pointe-de-l'Île) introduced C-484, a private members bill to legalize euthanasia in Canada. It [...]
Assisted suicide: a ‘marvellous, marvellous possibility’?
Britain refusing to prosecute law-breaking euthanasia tourists The founder of the Swiss euthanasia group Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, said in a [...]
Quebec couple sues hospital for not euthanizing disabled newborn
A Quebec couple has launched a $3.5-million lawsuit against Montreal Children's Hospital for allegedly putting their infant daughter back on [...]
Assisted suicide and the internet
Alex Schadenberg discusses online suicide counseling and websites, after a depressed Carleton U student was given internet ‘advice’ by a nurse from Minnesota to take her own life.