The Deadly Problems Surrounding Bill C-14

Published on The Huffington Post on April 22, 2016 Dr. Will Johnston, Family Physician in Vancouver, BC   It is not surprising that many Canadians are concerned about the dangers of the new assisted suicide and euthanasia bill, C-14. What is really not credible is how the word-benders who used the Charter "right to life" …

House of Commons Bill C-14 First Reading

The House of Commons has released its first reading of Bill C-14: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying). Some of the main points of Bill C-14 are the following: An heir to your will can sign up on your behalf No necessary waiting …

Ewan C. Goligher: Six questions about physician-assisted death, from a conscientious objector

Published in the National Post on April 14, 2016 Six questions about physician-assisted death, from a conscientious objector Canadian policy makers have recently proposed to require all doctors to provide an effective referral for physician-assisted death (PAD) upon the patient's request. Forcing doctors to knowingly send their patient to another doctor willing to cause the …

“It was only money and not her life.”

Dear Editor: I was disturbed by Mark Hume's article, "A B.C. family's secret:  How they helped their parents die," which treats as a given that a father and mother, who died via secret assisted suicides, wanted to die.  We don't know that.  What we do know is that the adult children left behind, who state …

The Carter Decision: Not Safe for Doctors

The Carter decision has been heralded as legalizing "physician-assisted death," more commonly known as physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.  A closer reading of the decision reveals, however, that these practices are not "legalized" in the sense that they are safe for doctors to perform.  This will be the case until the expiration of a 12 month …

The Perils of Assisted Suicide

In Montana there was a recent case in which a man was charged with "aiding or soliciting" the suicide of a 16-year-old girl. He is accused of trying to prevent her from testifying against him in another matter by getting her to kill herself. This story illustrates a fundamental problem with legalizing assisted suicide. The assistant …

Family members banned from care facilities threaten legal action

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/family-members-banned-care-facilities-threaten-legal-action-014019928.html People who say they're being prevented from visiting family members at long-term care facilities in Alberta, but not told why, are asking the government to step in. 'I was threatened by the physician," said Huguette Hebert, who was banned for a day from seeing her husband staying at a Covenant Health facility in Edmonton, …

“Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?”

By Margaret Dore, Esq.*   A legislator considering an assisted suicide law asked me this question: "Is there a way to allow a person to end his life without making someone else a criminal?" This was my (slightly edited) response: People take their lives all the time.  One of my cousins shot himself and another threw …

WE WON!!!!

EUTHANASIA PREVENTION COALITION APPLAUDS RULING OF BC APPEAL COURT ON ASSISTED SUICIDE Media Release - Toronto, Thursday October 10, 2013 /CNW/ The BC Court of Appeal has struck down the decision by Justice Smith and upheld the current laws which protect Canadians from euthanasia and assisted suicide. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) intervened in the BC …

Rebranding Killing and Suicide: The Ugly Truth About Euthanasia

Published on The Huffington Post on August 19, 2013 Dr. Will Johnston, Family Physician in Vancouver, BC The art of euphemism -- of sugar coating your verbal meaning -- has been raised to a syrupy peak by the proponents of euthanasia. When killing and suicide can be rebranded in the hearts and minds of average …