His family doctor also came, although he wasn't required to, and the group kept chatting. More than 1,300 medically assisted deathsRollins is among the more than 1,300 people in Canada who have died with medical assistance since the option became law. Because it was the first province to legalize medically assisted death, Quebec has numbers for a full year. Division over assisted deathLegalizing medically assisted dying has sparked deeply passionate debate in Canada. Reggler and others in favour of medically assisted dying believe the Canadian legislation is too restrictive due to a requirement that death be "reasonably foreseeable."

Source: CBC News April 20, 2017 09:00 UTC