What happens when a state tries to govern too many things.
NOV
2016
Aubert Martin is interviewed in this article about the fact that Quebec’s commission on euthanasia has revealed that doctors reported killing 262 Quebecers since voluntary euthanasia was legalized in the province in December 2015 and that physicians violated the law in 21 deaths.
Continue Reading → Quebec’s euthanasia deaths three times higher than expected under new law
Aubert Martin explains that in legalizing euthanasia, society has crowned the splendor of individualism in balancing the weight of two pains: the suffering of an individual versus the suffering of their relatives. They have decreed that the suffering of relatives should not be considered in calculating the benefit of euthanasia. Read more >>
Continue Reading → Euthanasia releases me but betrays my loved ones
Health Minister Gaétan Barrette’s insistence that the McGill University Health Centre redirect patients closer to where they live rather than treating them at the MUHC risks violating the Quebec Health and Social Services Act, two legal experts charged Tuesday.
Continue Reading → Redirecting patients to other hospitals is ‘probably illegal’: experts
Read Dr. Catherine Ferrier’s response to an article discussing the euthanasia of Richard Brown; the “death he wanted.” Read more >>
Continue Reading → Letters: Alternative to death