Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Tomas Ponsilius Alicia Wang reported for CBC news on October 26 that Tomas Ponzilius who lives in Manitoba with hypermobility spectrum disorder, which is part of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome spectrum, has been turned down for by the Manitoba government to receive treatment in the US for his condition, treatment that is not offered in Manitoba. Wang explains in her report: Ehlers-Danlos is a rare genetic condition that affects connective tissues in the body.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Saskatchewan government is the second government to introduce legislation to prevent the expansion and clarify protections in law concerns euthanasia (MAiD) in their province. On November 9, 2026, The Saskatchewan Health Minister, Jeremy Cockrill introduced Bill 73 The Medical Assistance in Dying Additional Safeguards Act .
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) are proud to announce that Gordon Friesen, EPC President, long awaited book - Medical Homicide: The Poison and its Antidote has now been released. This incredible researched 270 page book is a must read for anyone who is concerned about euthanasia and assisted suicide world-wide.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On September 1, 2026 I published an article about a woman in a London Ontario hospital who was upset after twice being offered euthanasia without requesting it. The woman was particularly upset when the woman in the bed next to her, who didn't request euthanasia, said Yes to death by euthanasia, after the MAiD team sold it as a "beautiful death" at her bedside.
Alex Schadenberg Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The mid-term election resulted in a significant shift in political representation with the Democrats taking control of the US House and Senate. At the State level there were six states that went from bipartison control to a Democrat state Trifecta.
Meghan Schrader By Meghan Schrader Meghan is a disability activists and a member of the EPC-USA board. I am commenting on the story of Arnaud Denis, an award-winning French actor and director who died by euthanasia in September, 2026.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On November 4, Members of Parliament debated Bill C-41 that is falsely titled the: Medical Assistance in Dying Safeguards Act . Article: The Canadian government introduces Bill C-41 to expand euthanasia law ( Link ).
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I have been travelling and speaking over the past few weeks and had the opportunity to speak to a lot of people about euthanasia and assisted suicide. This week I have had events in British Columbia and last week I was in Ontario and Saskatchewan, while the week before that I was in Michigan.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A recent Leger poll of 1510 randomly selected Canadians found, among other things, that 11% of Canadians knew someone who was offered (MAiD) euthanasia. The question was one of 11 questions.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Canada's euthanasia law allows people to be killed by euthanasia: Even when they do not have a terminal condition, If they have a terminal condition they can be approved and killed on the same day, It permits euthanasia for people who have a treatable condition but are refusing treatment, It permits people who are motivated to die, based on a mental illness (disorder) if they have another medical condition, It permits euthanasia of people who are incompetent, if the person had previously been approved to be killed by euthanas
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Fox news recently featured Roger Foley, a Canadian man who is living in a London Ontario hospital for 10 years as he battles to receive self-directed care funding to enable him to be cared for at home. Foley has been offered euthanasia (MAiD) several times and has been denied food for long periods of time.
A reader asked The Ethicist, a philosophy professor at NYU, about their difficult aunt who is considering assisted suicide. The Ethicist advised contacting the aunt to express concern and noted that eligibility for medical aid in dying requires a formal medical assessment.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Key talking points: Bill C-41 prevents euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria but it does not provide any effective oversight of the law. Bill C-41 extends euthanasia to people who make an advance request, but the federal government does not have jurisdiction and therefore requires the provinces to make this happen.
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Alex Schadenberg Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Key Issues: The Canadian government defeated Bill C-218 and promised to introduce a bill to prevent euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria. The bill must become law before March 17, 2027.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr Ramona Coelho, who is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute , an adjunct professor of family medicine at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine and a past member of the Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee was published by the National Post on October 16 with her article: Ottawa keeps mucking up MAiD . In her Special to the National Post , Coelho is responding to Canada's federal parliament defeating Bill C-218, the bill that would have prevented euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dementia Justice Canada says that they will continue raising concerns with Parliament and other lawmakers about MAiD by advanced request as they develop and consider the proposed legislation. Angelico Dino reported for the Canadian Lawyer on October 13, 2026 that Dementia Justice Canada has serious concerns with euthanasia (MAiD) by advanced request.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Dr's Madeline Li & Gary Rodin The New York Times on October 5, 2026 published an article titled: Assisted Death is not a choice of last resort in Canada by Dr Gary Rodin and Dr Madeline Li, who are professors of psychiatry at the University of Toronto, The article explained that both of them work with patients with advanced cancer and have counselled and assessed patients for euthanasia and one of them has administered the drugs (poison) to end a persons life. Rodin and Li provided information about cases where the patient, t
Register for the free online screening of the Prescription Poison film: Averting Assisted Suicide in America Tuesday, October 27 at: 8 pm (Eastern Time) / 5 pm (Pacific Time). The Prescription Poison film is produced by Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalitio n and Frank Panico with Xs in the Sky films.
The Liberal government defeated a private members bill that would have prohibited Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) for people whose requests were based solely on a mental disorder. Despite this, the government announced a policy that would effectively achieve the same end.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Jean Marmoreo, who is a family physician who practised in downtown Toronto for 45 years and became one of Canada’s first euthanasia doctors in 2016, wrote an opinion article that was published in the Globe and Mail on October 9, 2026 supporting euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole criteria. Marmoreo's article fits the general position of the death lobby who have "drank the kool-aid" and view killing people by poison as just another procedure.
The following letter was sent by a supporter who wishes to remain anonymous. Dear Hon Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice I am writing to express my absolute condemnation of the government's plans to expand MAiD to permit advance requests for incapable, irreversible, and vulnerable patients.
"I'm not sure that I would have again voted for that law with the extension that we have seen in the recent years." Philippe Couillard, the former Quebec Premier, who legalized euthanasia. Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Philippe Couillard Philippe Couillard, who was the Premier of Quebec in 2014, when euthanasia was first legalized, told CBC news on October 10 that he is not sure if he would support that law today.
Gordon Friesen President: Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Gordon Friesen In the past weeks there has been much discussion of a particular Ontario case involving an elderly patient who deliberately chose a Palliative Care facility where medical homicide was allegedly not practiced, but where she was nevertheless subjected to several very aggressive proposals for euthanasia; where, under worsening circumstances she was actually told that no other relief was possible; where faced with outrage, from her supporting entourage, it was finally admitted that palliative sedation did, in fact, remain an
Canada has indefinitely suspended plans to legalize euthanasia for mental illness, which was scheduled to begin in 2027. However, the government has not ruled out future legislation that could permanently ban euthanasia for mental illness, and the suspension period remains undefined.
Tamara Jansen (MP) The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is thankful to Tamara Jansen (MP) for sponsoring Bill C-218 and carrying this clear and important bill through parliament. Jansen's leadership was impressive.
Alex Schadenberg Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel stated on October 7, 2026 that the federal government will introduce legislation, that will prevent the implementation of euthanasia for mental illness as a sole criteria. However, the government legislation will also permit euthanasia by advanced request.
