Day: 11 April 2024

Canada, more than 13 thousand assisted deaths in one year

TORONTO – In 2022, 13,241 Canadians chose assisted death. An impressive number, especially when compared to California, where a very similar bill system is in force: in the same year, there were 853 assisted deaths in the American state. The data emerges from a study by Adrian C. Byram of “End of Life Choices”, California, and Peter B. Reyner of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of British Columbia (the whole research is here: Disparities in public awareness, practitioner availability, and institutional support contribute to differential rates of MAiD utilization: a natural experiment comparing California and Canada). 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Legault: “Troppi immigrati: referendum in Quebec”

QUEBEC – “Referendum”. Una parola che, associata a “Quebec”, fa tremare il governo federale canadese. A pronunciarla è stato, martedì, il premier del Quebec, François Legault, che è tornato a chiedere al primo ministro Justin Trudeau di ridurre il numero di immigrati temporanei nella provincia, minacciando di indire un “referendum” sulla questione “e non solo”… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>