The Canadian Government is set to expand euthanasia access next year, despite experts warning that the current laws are already too weak. Human rights campaigners say the regulations lack safeguards and devalue the lives of disabled people. Euthanasia and assisted suicide accounted for 10,064 deaths in the country in 2021, a 32.4 per cent increase compared to the previous year. Head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Marie-Claude Landry, said she shares the “grave concern” voiced by UN human rights experts that Canada’s euthanasia law appeared to violate the agency’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The veteran’s family said the unprompted offer of assisted suicide has disrupted his gradual and positive shift towards recovery.

Source: National Post August 24, 2022 20:06 UTC