Tag Archives: Assisted Suicide

Prophetic Words

May 3, 2024 · by · in Society · Leave a comment

On this Flashback Friday we go back to May 3, 2015. I’ll add something extra at the end. Those opposing the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling that has opened the door to assisted suicide in Canada are frequently branded as alarmists by proponents of euthanasia. Supposedly there will be controls to ensure that only […]

Thinking About Death

February 16, 2023 · by · in Society · 8 Comments

I’m not feeling my own mortality at the moment, but still, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about dying. Especially how we die. Canada’s Parliament at the moment is considering a Bill to delay the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) to the mentally ill. That was supposed to happen in […]

Mother’s Day Reflections

May 8, 2022 · by · in Family, Society · 3 Comments

Today is Mother’s Day in Canada and the USA. Probably elsewhere too. It is going to feel a bit strange.  COVID-19 was raging the past two Mother’s Days. People might call Mom, but they didn’t go see her. This year, I think, a lot of people will risk an in-person visit. But not me. This […]

Is This Crazy?

March 19, 2021 · by · in Society · 1 Comment

Canada has a new law on “medical assistance in dying.” It sounds more clinical than what it really is Whether you call it doctor assisted suicide or legalized murder isn’t the point today. What is more at issue is how this new law expands what was already in place. When “maid” was first introduced five […]

Choosing To Die

September 15, 2019 · by · in Politics, Society · 1 Comment

You knew it was going to happen. It was only a matter of time. A court has ruled that Canada’s medically assisted dying (MAD) law is unconstitutional. The checks built into the legislation, to ensure that only those terminally ill could use physician assisted suicide, have been overturned. Seems it is discrimination not to allow […]

March For Life 2017

May 11, 2017 · by · in Politics, Society · 1 Comment

They are going to be on Parliament Hill this afternoon, thousands of people with a cause trying to make their voices heard. For the most part, what they are saying will fall on deaf ears. Today is the annual March For Life, a celebration of humanity and a rejection of abortion and euthanasia. It is […]

Assisted Dying III

January 27, 2017 · by · in Uncategorized · 4 Comments

I suggested last year it was all about the money. Depressingly, it looks like I was right. A new report has been issued on the cost of physician assisted suicide (which became legal in 2016) to the Canadian health care system. It looks like the savings will be about $139 million a year. More if […]

Sex, Death and Bowling

June 21, 2016 · by · in Entertainment, Society · Leave a comment

I was seduced by the title. Not the sex and death aspects but the bowling. I’d never heard of the film before I discovered it while browsing through Netflix. The premise seemed reasonable enough: a family dealing with an impending, premature, death with a bowling tournament as the backdrop. Life goes on after all. My […]

Assisted Dying II

May 7, 2016 · by · in Leadership, Politics, Society, World Affairs · 1 Comment

The Canadian Parliament has started debating legislation legalizing what they are calling “Doctor Assisted Dying” – which to me is a euphemism for euthanasia. I have touched on the subject before, the first time a year ago, and it is safe to say I am not enthused about the prospect. Neither are many Parliamentarians. The […]

Assisted Dying I

May 6, 2016 · by · in Politics, Society, World Affairs · 1 Comment

The Canadian Parliament has started debating legislation legalizing what they are calling “Doctor Assisted Dying” – which to me is a euphemism for euthanasia. I have touched on the subject before, the first time a year ago, and it is safe to say I am not enthused about the prospect. Neither are many Parliamentarians. The […]

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