Conrad Black: The State Is Promoting Suicide in Canada With Its Assisted Death Law

Commentary The steady increase in recourse to the Canadian euthanasia program, known as Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), is attracting increasing attention from supporters, critics, and international observers. The MAID statute was enacted in 2016, following the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada the previous year in what is known as the Carter case, which determined that Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees the right to life, liberty, and security of the person, confers upon “competent adults who seek such assistance as a result of a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring and intolerable suffering,” the right to seek professional assistance in suicide....