Montreal landscape architect Archie Rolland vowed to end his life rather continue to suffer at a long-term care facility in Lachine he said was treating him inhumanely. On July 4, Roland fled the facility. Three days later, he was dead. Surrounded by friends and family at their country home at Métis-sur-Mer, Rolland closed his eyes and slipped from the living.
Continue Reading → Saying goodbye to Archie Rolland, who chose to die: ‘It is unbearable’
An open letter from Yves Robert, secretary of the Collège des médecins du Québec urging us to reflect carefully on what exactly has been just made legal in Quebec before rushing to expand accessibility.
Continue Reading → Dr. Robert’s regrets: Towards death à la carte?
Dr. Catherine Ferrier’s letter to the editor in the Montreal Gazette. “Be careful what powers you give the health minister: He might use them.”
Continue Reading → Advanced consent fraught with risks
Quebec is about to embark upon a debate on the involuntary euthanasia of demented elderly. Quebec parliamentarians now want to open a public debate on legalizing euthanasia for persons unable to give informed consent, just over a year after the legalization of euthanasia.
Continue Reading → Should Quebec’s Alzheimer’s patients be eligible for euthanasia?
The alleged murder in Montréal of a woman with dementia has led to renewed pressure by the euthanasia lobby to extend euthanasia to incompetent people.
Continue Reading → Murder of woman with dementia leads to demand for more euthanasia