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Véronique Hivon is accusing Philippe Couillard’s government of illegally modifying the provincial Act Respecting End-of-Life Care by issuing new directives that were not subject to the legislative process. Read more >>

Hugely popular television star Michael Landon died in 1991 at age fifty-four. He publically announced his determination to hang on until the end. Attitudes have changed about disease and death since then. Indeed, today, many might secretly consider Landon a chump for choosing to struggle until his natural death.Read more >>

It must never become accepted wisdom that old age is going to be a miserable experience. We must fight tooth and nail to change the system, to improve life for older people, and to convince people to enter their later years in good heart. Read more >>

Fear of the prospect of old age and disability provide the most powerful motivations behind the campaign to change the law on assisted suicide.Read more >>

An interview with Dr. Will Johnston, a member of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and the chair of the organization’s B.C. chapter, on his concerns regarding the legislation recently passed through the House of Commons. Read more >>