Dear allies,
The bills on assisted dying and palliative care return to the French National Assembly on Monday, February 16th, with a solemn vote expected on the 24th. Alongside these debates, we are sharing with you today statements from the French National Medical Council, ...
Happy New
Year 2026!
We are starting the year with encouraging news. First, a majority of French senators rejected the article on “assisted dying” which, according to French newspaper Le Monde, set out “the conditions required to access a system of assisted suicide or euthanasia.” As you will ...
Dear allies,
Last Monday, we sent a brief on your behalf to the Commission on Institutions in response to Bill 1, the 2025 Constitutional Act on Québec. We cannot wait to share it with you! The public hearings will begin on December 4th, and we hope ...
Dear allies,
A short introduction to this edition, in which we look back on recent news, including a powerful column by Mylène Moisan in Le Soleil and the troubling case of Siska De Ruysscher, a 25-year-old Belgian woman whose story directly relates to Canada as Parliament ...
Dear allies,
Like many of you, we were shocked last Thursday to see that the first announcements about a Quebec constitution mentioned “protecting Quebecers’ right to medical assistance in dying.” The proposed legislation refers instead to “end-of-life care,” but this initiative raises important ...