- December 14, 2017: According to a study published by the CISSS of Laval, 77% of physicians who received a request from a patient for assisted suicide refused to participate in the process citing conscientious objection. Read more here and here
- December 14, 2017: According to preliminary data submitted to the CIUSSS Board of Directors of the Estrie-CHUS, an additional 19 people received medical aid to die in 2017 compared to 2016. Read more
- November 28, 2017: The Elder Abuse Help Line receives an increasing number of calls. Read more
- November 27, 2017: Véronique Hivon calls on Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée to reconsider her decision, and ask the Court of Appeal to clarify the notion of “reasonably foreseeable death” in the federal law on medical assistance in dying. Read more
- November 16, 2017: The Quebec government will not ask the courts to clarify the “reasonably foreseeable death concept” contained in the federal law on assisted suicide, as it had called for in March. Read more
- October 31, 2017: The Association of Caregivers of the Capitale-Nationale (APACN) unveiled the results of a survey on the perception of caregivers of assisted suicide. Read more
- October 26, 2017: Some Quebec patients receive assisted suicide without fulfilling the criteria. Read more
- October 26, 2017: The Commission on end-of-life care tables its second annual report in the National Assembly. According to the report some patients were euthanaised without being entitled to it. Read more
- October 24, 2017: Health minister Gaétan Barrette faces criticism as a growing number of Quebec doctors quit the public system. Read more
- October 12, 2017: The Minister of Health and the Minister for Seniors will remain in place following the cabinet reshuffle. The Council for the Protection of the Patients is concerned and calls for a law on long-term care. Read more
- October 9, 2017: Activists complain of a growing problem of a lack of mental-health services due to cuts in the Quebec health system. Read more
- September 29, 2017: According to a study led by Sherbrooke University, 91% of caregivers believe that Quebec’s medical aid in dying law should be extended to cover incapable people who are terminally ill, have signs of distress, and have a written. Read more
- September 28, 2017: According to the most recent report from the Quebec Ombudsman, home care services have been reduced in Quebec. Read more
- September 21, 2017: According to a study led by Sherbrooke University, 91% of caregivers believe that Quebec’s medical aid in dying law should be extended to cover incapacitated people who are terminally ill, have signs of distress, and have a written. Read more here and here
- September 21, 2017: Several doctors have stopped practicing in residential and long-term care centers (CHSLDs) in recent months, a consequence, according to some professionals, of the health reform of Minister Gaétan Barrette. Read more
- August 30, 2017: A woman has filed a complaint with a Quebec agency alleging that her husband was denied antibiotics to treat an infection after doctors determined it was better to let him die because he had cancer. Read more
- August 29, 2017: Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is not at all shaken by the reluctance of the Quebec minister of Justice and says his government must overcome this internal opposition and stand before the Court of Appeals. Read more
- August 28, 2017: The Minister of Justice, Stéphanie Vallée, is reluctant to ask the courts to clarify the concept of “reasonably foreseeable death”. Read more
- August 23, 2017: While Quebec and Ottawa are exploring the possibility of expanding medical aid to die, the act is still very controversial for many physicians in the country. Read more
- July 25, 2017: According to Irene Demczuk, General Coordinator of the Regroupement des Assistants Naturels du Québec, there is not enough support for caregivers in Quebec. Read more
- July 13, 2017: After a very large increase in 2016, the number of requests for euthanasia decreases slightly in Quebec according to partial data. However, all requests for euthanasia made in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Côte-Nord were accepted. Read more here and here
- July 10, 2017: Independent members of the Board of Directors of the McGill University Health Center (MUHC) announced their resignation, deploring Minister Barrette’s refusal to “engage in dialogue” with them. Read more
- July 7, 2017: Michel Cadotte, man accused of killing his wife, is granted bail before his trial. Read more here and here
- June 15, 2017: Bail hearing for Michael Cadotte, alleged killer of his wife who suffered from Alzheimer’s. Defense lawyers argue that his actions were carried out “in compassion”. Read more here and here
- June 13, 2017: Lawyer Jean-Pierre Ménard is challenging before the courts the cases of two people living with disabilities who were refused the assistance of a physician to kill themselves, requesting the removal of the “reasonably foreseeable death” clause of the federal law as well as the “end of life” requirement in the Quebec law. Read more
- May 16, 2017: The secretary of the College of Physicians, Dr. Yves Robert, publishes an open letter to express his reluctance to expand assisted dying. Read more here and here
- April 14, 2017: Quebec is the first province to consider the controversial proposal of euthanasia by advance consent. Read more
- March 24, 2017: Gaétan Barrette announces measures designed to fuel the debate on a possible extension of the Act Respecting End-of-life Care, in particular for the incapacitated, but also potentially for people living with chronic diseases. Among other things, he amends the Commission’s mandate on end-of-life care to analyze euthanasia refusals. Read more
- March 20, 2017: The Quebec government has cut funding for educational activities that allowed future family physicians to receive specialized mental health training. Read more
- March 17, 2017: The lawyer of the Montrealer accused of killing his Alzheimer wife believes that it will be up to society and the court to decide whether it is a murder or an aid to die. Read more
- March 16, 2017: Requests for euthanasia have risen in Bas-Saint-Laurent. Read more
- March 14, 2017: During the first year of the new law in Quebec, a total of 461 people have died by euthanasia. Full statistics here. Read more
- February 23, 2017: Health Minister Gaetan Barrette opens the door for public debate on extending assisted suicide to patients unable to give consent; such as those with Alzheimers. Read more
- February 21, 2017: A man allegedly suffocated his 60-year-old spouse allegedly to end the suffering of his wife who was suffering from advanced stage Alzheimer’s. Read more
- February 1, 2017: Businessman Alexander Taillefer pleads for Quebec to invest more to prevent suicide online as part of the 27th Suicide Prevention Week with the theme “Suicide is not an option“. Read more
- January 22, 2017: A survey reveals that the majority of health workers are stressed out.
- January 17, 2017: A patient’s rights advocate argues that there are harsher consequences for mistreating animals than humans in Quebec. Read more
- January 14, 2017: Quebec bioethicists publish an article calling for organ donation after euthanasia.
- January 10, 2017: The number of cases of euthanasia in Quebec exceeds expectations (again). Read more
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