Carry on the work of putting equity in place in Canada’s MAID legislation

A recent poll indicates that a majority of Canada continue to support the Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal prohibition on medical assistance in dying in 2015.

The newly appointed minister of health, Mark Holland, and the new minister of justice, Arif Virani, now take over responsibility for handling the MAID file for the federal government.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

August 2, 2023

Canada has one of the world’s most humane and compassionate assisted dying regimes thanks to the advocacy and hard work of citizens, health-care professionals, academics, and the government.

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