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• December 21, 2017: "Medical aid in dying" is considered a suicide in Saskatchewan. Read more
• December 16, 2017: The Government of Canada publishes a draft of regulations outlining a proposed monitoring system for assisted suicide in Canada. Read more
• December 12, 2017: The CBC airs a mini-documentary about assisted suicide that features a doctor giving a lethal injection to a patient. Read more
• November 22, 2017: According to a survey conducted by the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), paediatricians are already ...

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• December 30, 2016: The government of Ontario proposes legislation to complement the federal law by requiring that all euthanasia and assisted suicide cases be reported to the Coroner. Read more
• December 29, 2016: 744 cases of euthanasia occurred in Canada in 2016 and half of them were in Quebec. Read more
• December 13, 2016: The Government of Canada announces an independent study on medically assisted suicide which will review issues related to requests by mature minors, advance requests, and requests ...

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• December 13, 2015: Publication of the report of the Provincial-Territorial Advisory Group, responsible for making recommendations to the Federal government, in which it advocates death on demand even for children.
• December 4, 2015: The Federal Government requests from the Supreme Court of Canada a six months extension of the February 6, 2016 deadline to legislate on assisted suicide.

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