As Canada considers extending medical assistance in dying to those suffering from mental illness, difficult ethical questions resurface. Eric Wilkinson considers the risk that poverty and inadequate ...

The recommendation is in response to the case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man who died by suicide last year shortly after his MAID request was refused.

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald At noon Thursday, another large and highly engaged crowd gathered for the weekly Southern ...

Canada’s MAID law, which expanded the right to die to people without a terminal illness, raises ethical and medical dilemmas. By Katie Engelhart In 2023, one out of 20 Canadians who died received a ...

OTTAWA — Alberta announced last week that it will be following Quebec’s lead in asserting provincial control over medical assistance in dying (MAID), but it will be taking a much different direction.

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version ...