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At the end of October, I went to Windsor, Ontario to participate at the annual Symposium of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, where I was invited to present a summary of the euthanasia situation in Quebec. This year’s annual meeting had a very powerful theme: resisting euthanasia and assisted suicide. Once again, this event has given rise to very good exchanges and a rich sharing of experiences and understanding of current issues, both in Canada and elsewhere in the world.

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Continue Reading → Downplay bothering statistics

NOTE: The original article was published in French in the Huffintgon Post on September 29, 2016 (read original article here >>).

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Recently, a lady told me that she had just lost her brother who died suddenly, three days after a fall on the sidewalk. Unfortunately, the circumstances of his death leave some doubt as to the exact cause of death. Is it due to his cancer, discovered a few days earlier? Is it related to his psychiatric problems? Is ...

Continue Reading → When the suffering of one becomes the misery of others

NOTE: The original article was published in French in the Huffintgon Post on September 29, 2016 (read original article here >>).

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Everyone must push in the same direction. That is how we develop a consensus in Quebec. What counts is that an idea progresses down its path.

Thus, less than a year after the implementation of the law on “medical assisted death”, the proponents of euthanasia-on-demand are already attacking the Commission charged with monitoring its implementation. They are preying ...

Continue Reading → Euthanasia: all aboard!

NOTE: The original article was published in French in the Huffintgon Post on September 2, 2016 (read original article here >>).

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To die of hunger, to put a bag over one’s head until complete asphyxia, to shoot oneself in the heart… because we are sick, because we do not live at home any longer, because we have lost the use of our limbs, because we feel depressed with our lives.

Regardless of the method or motivation, are we are still ...

Continue Reading → Compassion redefined

NOTE: The original article was published in French in the Huffintgon Post on July 20, 2016 (read original article here >>).

Free and informed consent?

We learned in The Gazette (>>) that there have been ministerial modifications to conform the Act respecting end-of-life care to the federal law. Among other changes, a reflection period of 10 days has been added as well as the validation of a request by two independent witnesses. In short, measures to reduce the risks associated with a ...

Continue Reading → Free and informed consent?