Quebec Forces Palliative Care Homes to Offer Assisted Suicide

Quebec Minister for Health and for Seniors Sonia Belanger during question period at the legislature in Quebec City on March 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

A new Quebec law that mandates palliative care facilities to provide medical assistance in dying has drawn criticism from euthanasia opponents and a palliative care advocate.

Bill 11 to expand medical assistance in dying (MAiD) passed in Quebec’s national assembly on June 7.