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NOTE: This is the English translation of a French article that was published in the Huffington Post (link to the article here >>)

Since the judgment of the Superior Court of Quebec, we are seeing an outcry of injustice in the media. Gone are the days when positions were justified in favor of euthanasia on the basis of legal judgments serving as our moral authority. It seems now that authority is granted only to institutions that think a certain ...

Continue Reading → What Happened to the Other Side of the Coin?

In a decision rendered yesterday, the Quebec Court of Appeal authorized the Government of Quebec to appeal the decision that the Superior Court rendered on December 1 declaring inoperative all the articles related to medical aid in dying until a federal law is written.

In yesterday’s judgment, after emphasizing the fact that to suspend the articles related to medical aid in dying would prevent some citizens from taking advantage of them, the appeal judge declared that it is an important social ...

Continue Reading → COURT AUTHORIZES QUEBEC TO APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE SUPERIOR COURT

In a decision rendered  on December 1st, the Superior Court of Quebec calls to order the Quebec government that attempted to have "medical aid in dying" recognized as a medical care while in practice, as highlighted by the Court, it is indeed euthanasia of human beings.

Consequently, it declares inoperative all the articles of the Act respecting end-of-life care (the "Act") related to "medical aid in dying" that were to come into force on December 10 until the effective date of ...

Continue Reading → THE SUPERIOR COURT CALLS THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC TO ORDER

With the approach of the fateful date inaugurating the controversial Act Respecting End-of-life Care, on December 10, we have learned that Ontario and British Columbia are open to a federal government extension request to formulate its law following the Supreme Court judgement on the decriminalization of assisted suicide in Canada.

Given the attitude of these two provinces, patient and respectful of the Canadian Criminal Code, we are entitled to ask ourselves the question: why is Quebec so eager to implement ...

Continue Reading → Why such impatience?

In order to pass Bill 52 before the Carter decision takes effect, the Quebec government said it was not euthanasia because it would take place in a medical framework.

Consequently, faced with the mass refusal by Quebec health care professionals to participate in what has been called "medical aid in dying" – almost unanimously by those most affected by the issue, the palliative care professionals – the government is in the difficult position of seeing its law virtually impossible to ...

Continue Reading → The Strategy Behind “Medical Aid in Dying”