Our government is failing Canadians regarding their end-of-life rights

The feds should move quickly on advance requests for medical assistance in dying, allowing us to set out the circumstances under which we would want to receive MAID in the future.

MPs should legalize advance requests for those with a diagnosis of a serious or incurable medical condition, disease, or disorder leading to incapacity, write Norma Greenaway and Sherry Moran. Unsplash photograph by Huy Phan

Opinion

BY NORMA GREENAWAY, SHERRY MORAN

November 30, 2023

Norma’s dad was a man of few words. But his seven children knew his idea of hell on earth would be to lose his ability to move, speak, eat or, to be honest, sip a martini.

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