Anthony Furey: Canada’s Assisted Suicide Rules Are Shocking Everyone

Canadians have been shocked by recent news stories about people who have considered, been offered, or been approved for medical assistance in dying (MAID) for reasons that go far beyond the original requirement of the legislation, that a person had to be facing imminent death, writes Anthony Furey. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP

Commentary

The terms permissive or progressive don’t do justice to the expansion of assisted suicide in Canada that’s happened practically overnight. Outrageous and unacceptable are a bitter fit.