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If Prime Minister Mark Carney wants his government to be different from that of his predecessor, he must change the government’s approach to Canada’s radical expansion of euthanasia, writes Daniel Zekveld.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DANIEL ZEKVELD

May 29, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new cabinet is not so new. But let’s hope they have some fresh ideas on what to do about Canada’s run-away euthanasia regime. The previous government did nothing to fix its glaring problems. The best it could do was to delay and delay again...

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