UN disability rights report on assisted-dying regime deserves a fair hearing

Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take seriously the report calling for reforms to the medical assistance in dying regime as we head to the polls.

An issue of such profound consequence to the dignity and equality of Canadians with disabilities must not be reduced to partisan politics, writes Catherine Frazee. Pexels photograph by Alexandre Saraiva Carniato

Opinion

BY CATHERINE FRAZEE

April 7, 2025

An international body of independent human rights experts has called for sweeping reforms to Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) regime. This could mean the end of a Criminal Code provision currently exempting medical practitioners from prosecution for ending the l...

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