ViewpointsOpinionAcross Canada, patients are routinely and repeatedly offered assisted suicide as a ’treatment’ option.People rally against legalizing euthanasia on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 1, 2016. The Canadian Press/Justin TangJohn Carpay1/24/2026|Updated: 1/24/20260:00CommentaryAfter Parliament legalized assisted suicide in 2016, 2,838 Canadians killed themselves with the help of doctors the following year. By 2024, that number had risen almost six-fold to 16,499.John CarpayAuthorLawyer John Carpay is president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (jccf.ca).Author’s Selected ArticlesJohn Carpay: It’s Time to Defund Universities That Censor Speech on CampusJan 18, 2026Appeal Court to Rule on Legality of Ottawa’s Use of Emergency Powers Against Trucker ConvoysJan 15, 2026John Carpay: Rule of Law Rejected as Canada Increasingly Embraces RacismDec 24, 2025John Carpay: Death by a Thousand Clicks: 6 Bills That Together Turn Canada Into a Police StateDec 15, 2025
John Carpay: Canada Needs to Urgently Provide Life-Affirming Responses to End-of-Life Suffering
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