Claire Elyse Brosseau has been waiting years for the Canadian government to let her die.
The 49-year-old has struggled for decades with a laundry list of mental diagnoses, including Bipolar 1 disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and disordered eating. All of this has made her life unbearable, she says.
Canada’s bishops are calling on Catholics to contact their Members of Parliament before March 2027, when the country’s assisted suicide program is set to expand yet again, to cover mental illness as a sole qualifying condition.
The program, “Medical Aid in Dying” (MAiD), has drawn criticism from human rights advocates across the world. Since its legalization 10 years ago, over 60,000 Canadians have died by MAiD — including more than 5% of all Canadian deaths in 2024 alone.
HHS RFK JR. CALLS OUT Canada’s GOVERNMENT ASSISTED-DYING GENOCIDE
“I think those laws are abhorrent…what we see in Canada today…it’s their number one cause of death…”
Canada is ACTIVELY KILLING THEIR OWN CITIZENS
Canada officially EUTHANIZED more Citizens than Shelter Dogs pic.twitter.com/Z4twNtIjC3
— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) April 22, 2026
H/T patthedog
OTTAWA – An expert on Canada’s assisted dying laws says a parliamentary committee studying MAID in cases of mental illness is not focused on its mandate and has not been balanced in its approach.
Jocelyn Downie is a professor emeritus of law at Dalhousie University who has studied assisted dying laws for decades.
She was a witness at the first meeting last month of senators and MPs studying whether Canada is ready to extend assisted dying to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness.
Cardinal Frank Leo, the metropolitan archbishop of Toronto, called on Prime Minister Mark Carney and all his MPs to “choose life” and allow support to a Conservative Party private members’ bill that would stop a planned expansion of euthanasia to those with mental illness.
“I ask you to choose life and not death; to help build a civilization that cares for those suffering and does not eliminate them, but instead surrounds them with dignity, compassion, and love,” wrote Cardinal Leo in a letter released today, addressed directly to Carney and his MPs.
A senior citizen who went to Vancouver General Hospital for diagnosis and treatment after experiencing sudden pain was offered euthanasia by a doctor – before she had even been asked what was wrong with her.
Must of gone something like this.
Any Hospital
Anywhere In Canada
Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee (MDRC), which reviews and evaluates MAiD deaths in the province, is planning on making its committee “diverse” with fewer members.
This is according to the Ontario Solicitor General, Michael Kerzner, who says the committee will be shrunk by half, from 16 to eight members, and will include “diverse viewpoints,” as the Globe and Mail reports, based on documents dated early April it obtained.
There’s a disarming chill to seeing one portrait of the late Noelia Castillo that made the rounds once the 25-year-old gang assault victim and suicide attempter became the youngest Spaniard to be euthanized, legally, three weeks ago. Smiling coyly at the camera, her bulging eyes windows into a gentle soul, she appears to dwell in a timeless realm beyond pain and pleasure; her pallor shines a mystical glow, at once ghostly and angelic. Right-to-die advocates touting her ‘victory’ following a two-year lawsuit may be eased by her serene stare. Yet precisely in lieu of the ache and frailty that earned her passage to the afterlife, Noelia here exudes grit and vitality and resolve to overcome and sublimate. Her glare even seems to harbor clues of the life-and-death mystery, a lesson or epiphany she couldn’t have uttered in her earthly torment.
Canadian Argues Assisted Suicide Is Needed to Prevent Suicide
Canada is expected to expand its euthanasia services to people suffering from mental illness in 2027. MAiD activist Jocelyn Downie expressed her concern in a recent parliament hearing that withholding MAiD from people with mental illnesses will result in “more mentally ill Canadians dying by suicide.”
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Ontario is overhauling its body that reviews complex medically assisted deaths, narrowing its membership, scaling back its scope and shifting its role away from independent oversight toward supporting the system it is meant to scrutinize, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.
Two former members say the proposed new version of the committee is designed to be less rigorous and to provide less oversight.
A new poll has revealed a “deep divide” among Canadians’ attitudes to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID).
The online survey, conducted by ResearchCo., found that 41 per cent of Canadians think health-care professionals should be able to decline providing MAID services if they have a moral or faith-based objection.
One psychiatrist has deemed eating disorders and depression to be worthy of “a grievous and irremediable medical condition” qualifying someone for MAiD.
At a Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD) in late March, Dr. Mona Gupta, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Montreal, was asked by Conservative MP Andrew Lawton whether an eating disorder or depression would qualify.
“It depends on the circumstances of the person,” Gupta stated at first.
‘Worse than flipping a coin’: Psychiatrist warns MAiD mental illness assessments have a high chance of inaccuracy
At a MAiD committee hearing in Ottawa, a psychiatrist, Dr. Sonu Gaind, testified that it’s impossible to tell the difference between suicidality and a MAiD request.
Last week, Gaind testified at the feds’ Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, sharing concerns regarding mental health and MAiD, which will become a sole qualification for euthanasia on March 17, 2027.
On the surface, Pierre Poilievre’s recent appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast had more good than bad. The Conservative leader came across as likable, down-to-earth, and clear. He stressed the need to unleash Canada’s energy potential. He called for cutting regulations that have suppressed innovation. He pushed for lower government spending. These are all sound ideas and Canada would surely benefit from them.
The case of Noelia Castillo, a 25-year-old Spanish woman who died by euthanasia, has opened another line of conflict between the Trump administration and Europe, as Washington has ordered a formal inquiry into the Spanish government’s handling of the case, according to a leaked diplomatic cable obtained by the New York Post.
According to the alleged cable, the US State Department instructed its embassy in Madrid to investigate what it described as ‘serious concerns’ over ‘systematic human rights failures’ surrounding Castillo’s case.
Some health-care workers who either directly provide medical assistance in dying or work in that field say they are strongly opposed to Bill 18 — which, if passed, would prevent doctors or nurse practitioners from administering MAID to patients if they are unlikely to die within the next 12 months.
In a letter published in the Edmonton Journal on Friday and shared with CBC News, 25 health-care workers signed their names to make their opposition known.
