Liberals’ new ‘safeguards act’ would not require a practitioner to ‘inform the person what is about to happen or even speak with them before ending their life’ once an advance request is made.
A bill introduced by Canada's Liberal government that bans euthanasia for mental illness opens the door to assisted suicide without a person's consent, Campaign Life Coalition warned.
The Archdiocese of Toronto issued a statement calling on Canadians to reach out to Members of Parliament to encourage them to protect the vulnerable with new laws.
Pro-life Rob Cooper said at a debate in Hamilton, Ontario, that as a Christian he takes exception to the current female mayor's discrimination against faith groups before he was blasted by her and a 'trans' contender.
A few days after a 2025 ticket was dropped against Brian Jenkins, he was ticketed again on October 3 for carrying a sign calling for prayers to end abortion.
Campaign Life Coalition warned that Canada's Liberal government is 'still bent on expanding death — it just changed its target' with plans to allow euthanasia for the mentally ill by advance request.
Prolife Alberta called on Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services Adriana LaGrange to follow through on her request for a review of the province's policies on babies born alive after failed abortions.
Legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks to stop the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying to those with mental illness; meanwhile, a Conservative bill banning mental illness as the sole reason was defeated.
Campaign Life Coalition is asking Canadians to contact MPs ahead of an October 7 vote on a bill that would prevent assisted suicide's expansion to those experiencing any form of mental illness.
'We hope the lesson the pro-life community takes home from Life Chain is that pro-life activism is necessary and that anyone is capable of it,' Campaign Life Coalition's Josie Luetke said.
Canadian MP Leslyn Lewis publicly supported Pope Leo XIV's condemnation of euthanasia, emphasizing that every human life has dignity, especially in vulnerable moments, and warning against legalized death as a substitute for compassion. Pope Leo XIV, during his visit to France, stated that human dignity is inalienable and rejected euthanasia as a false form of compassion, highlighting that legality does not equate to morality.
Alicia Duncan is calling for reforms after her 61-year-old mother, Donna Duncan, was given Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) at home in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 2021 shortly after being released from psychiatric care following a suicide attempt. Donna had been approved for MAiD by two independent assessors despite not being terminally ill, and her family questioned why she was released from psychiatric care only to receive euthanasia hours later, prompting Alicia to testify against the planned expansion of euthanasia to those with mental illness in Canada.
Liberal MP Kevin Lamouroux opposed Bill C-218, which seeks to ban euthanasia for mental illness, stating that preventing mentally ill persons from accessing medical assistance in dying is not the right approach. The bill, introduced by Conservative MP Tamara Jansen, aims to amend the Criminal Code to restrict euthanasia for mental illness, but faces opposition from the governing Liberal Party and is scheduled for a second reading in early October 2026.