Opinion
Across Canada, patients are routinely and repeatedly offered assisted suicide as a ’treatment’ option.
People rally against legalizing euthanasia on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 1, 2016. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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.
John Carpay
Author
Lawyer John Carpay is president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (jccf.ca).
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