If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again

In order to be eligible for MAiD, a person must have a grievous and irremediable medical condition causing enduring, intolerable, and unrelievable suffering.

According to every piece of objective data, Canada’s MAiD laws are being used for their intended purpose, write James Downar, a palliative care and critical care physician in Ottawa, and Jocelyn Downie, professor emeritus in the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY JAMES DOWNAR AND JOCELYN DOWNIE

April 4, 2025

Debates about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) are raging across Canada and around the globe including in many U.S. states and the

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