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John Carpay: Canada Needs to Urgently Provide Life-Affirming Responses to End-of-Life Suffering

John Carpay: Canada Needs to Urgently Provide Life-Affirming Responses to End-of-Life Suffering

By John Carpay
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Opinion

Across Canada, patients are routinely and repeatedly offered assisted suicide as a ’treatment’ option.

John Carpay: Canada Needs to Urgently Provide Life-Affirming Responses to End-of-Life Suffering

People rally against legalizing euthanasia on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 1, 2016. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

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Commentary

After Parliament legalized assisted suicide in 2016, 2,838 Canadians killed themselves with the help of doctors the following year. By 2024, that number had risen almost six-fold to 16,499.

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