EDMONTON — Alberta politicians returned to the legislature Tuesday for the spring sitting, with proposed legislation on the agenda ranging from immigration to medical assistance in dying.

Patients in Canada are having their lives ended by assisted suicide on the same day that they submit their paperwork requesting it, according to a shocking new report. A total of 65 people died under ...

A committee of Canada’s parliament has called for the country’s assisted suicide and euthanasia programme to be extended to “mature minors”. A report by the Special Joint Committee on Medical ...

Ontario family speaks out after son's controversial euthanasia under Canada's MAID laws, alleging system failed to protect ...

Canada is considered to have some of the most permissive MAID laws globally, prompting fierce debate over who should qualify for a physician-assisted death. As the law stands, patients qualify if ...

In 2022, Vafaeian had requested to die under Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), but this was denied. Then, in December, Vafaeian, who was blind in one eye, diabetic and struggling with ...

The grieving parents of a 26-year-old man are speaking out against Canada’s medical assistance in dying laws, arguing the system failed to protect their “vulnerable” son from being euthanised, despite ...

The parents of a Canadian man say the system failed to protect their “vulnerable” son and are calling for tighter safeguards under the country’s assisted dying laws.

India has joined 100 UN member states denouncing Israel’s moves in the West Bank, describing them as inconsistent with ...

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version ...