May 4, 2016: the principle of Bill C-14 is adopted by a margin of 235 to 75, which sends it to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights where it will be studied for amendments before it is introduced in the Senate. Read article >>
April 21, 2016: the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights begins its study of Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (physician assisted dying). See the Committee’s website >>
April 14, 2016: presentation of the Bill by the Liberal government which will legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia across Canada. See Bill in detail >>
April 1, 2016: the media report a first request for euthanasia in Newfoundland. The article exemplifies a dangerous trend in the media: the promotion of assisted suicide, even calling for a second doctor willing to euthanize the person in question. Read the article >>
March 30, 2016: the palliative care centers of New Brunswick announce that they do not intend to offer “medical aid in dying” to their patients. They point out that their “objectives are quality of life, pain relief and helping people live as well as possible until the end of their life” but “to hasten someone’s death is not part of [their] work.” Read French article >>
March 18, 2016: a first Ontarian dies by euthanasia with the approval of the Court.
March 15, 2016: a patient in Manitoba is granted the right to die by euthanasia (“medical aid in dying”).
March 1st, 2016: A Calgary woman receives a legal exemption to die with the intervention of two doctors. She became the first person in Canada outside of Quebec to be allowed to die that way.
February 25, 2016: publication of the report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted death, containing a dissenting report of Committee members who did not approve the “majority” report which prioritizes access to death rather than the protection of the living. Read our press release >>
February 19, 2016: Liberals suspend decision to whip vote on assisted-dying bill Read article >>
February 17, 2016: party line criticized by Liberal members. Read article >>
February 11, 2016: Liberals announce that its members will have to vote in favour of the law to be proposed on Assisted Suicide (voting the party line). Read article >>
January 18, 2016: beginning of the work and public hearings of the Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Death, mandated by the Federal governement to make recommendations on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
January 15, 2016: the Supreme Court of Canada gives the federal government a four-month extension (until June 2016) to formulate and pass legislation to comply with the Carter decision allowing assisted suicide in Canada . Read more >>
January 11, 2016: hearing on the request of the Federal government for an additional six months to have time to rewrite the law related to assisted suicide.
December 13, 2015: publication of the report of the Provincial-Territorial Advisory Group, responsible for making recommendations to the Federal government, in which it advocates death on demand even for children.
December 4, 2015: the Federal Government requests from the Supreme Court of Canada a six months extension of the February 6, 2016 deadline to legislate on assisted suicide.