Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

10/11/2026

10/09/2026

YOUR STORY DOESN’T HAVE TO END HERE.

Imagine spending your entire life raising a family, contributing to society and building a future, only to reach a point where suffering makes you question whether your life still has value.

Now imagine living in a country where the medical system can legally participate in ending that life. This is Canada in 2026.

There is an enormous difference between wanting to die and wanting the circumstances making life unbearable to end. Yet how can we be certain someone is freely choosing death when they may have lost hope in the life they are being offered?

What happens when an elderly person feels like a burden? When someone facing a serious illness fears becoming dependent on others? When loneliness, pain or uncertainty make death seem like the only escape?

The availability of euthanasia does not mean every other possibility has been exhausted.

Circumstances can change. Treatments can emerge. Relationships can be restored. Even during serious illness, life can still hold meaning. Death removes every possibility of tomorrow.

The real controversy isn’t that we’re questioning euthanasia. It’s that questioning it has become controversial at all.

At the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, we believe Canadians deserve an honest conversation about assisted death, the pressures vulnerable people may face and the alternatives that deserve greater attention.

Before we accept death as someone’s answer, shouldn’t we be asking whether we’ve done enough to help them find another?

You have more options than ending your life. Your circumstances may change, and your future may hold possibilities you cannot see today.

Your story doesn’t have to end here.

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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10/09/2026

Bill C-218 was defeated. What will happen next?

A blog about euthanasia, assisted su***de, elder abuse, end-of-life care, disability rights, palliative care.

10/08/2026

Thank you Tamara Jansen for sponsoring Bill C-218. https://ow.ly/5SFx50ZW7sV

10/08/2026

Euthanasia by advanced request is euthanasia without consent.

Thank you Tamara Jansen for sponsoring Bill C-218

10/08/2026

Bill C-218 Defeated: What Happens Next?

On October 7, 2026, Bill C-218, introduced by MP Tamara Jansen, was defeated in Parliament by a vote of 187 to 141. The bill would have prevented euthanasia when mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition.

Earlier that day, the federal government announced plans to introduce legislation this fall to prevent the expansion of euthanasia to people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness. However, the proposed legislation would also permit euthanasia through advance requests.

This raises serious concerns.

Advance requests could allow doctors or nurse practitioners to end the life of someone who can no longer make or communicate medical decisions, based on a request made previously.

The concern is that Canadians may be forced to choose between preventing euthanasia for mental illness and allowing euthanasia through advance requests.

These are two separate issues and should be addressed through two separate bills.

Until the government’s proposed legislation is released and carefully examined, we cannot know whether it will truly protect vulnerable Canadians.

Language matters. Safeguards matter. Every life matters.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition will continue advocating for the protection of vulnerable Canadians and opposing the expansion of euthanasia.

https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2026/10/bill-c-218-was-defeated-government.html?m=1

10/08/2026

Bill C-218 was defeated. What will happen next?

Press conference on October 7 in Ottawa.

10/08/2026

Dr. Leslyn Lewis (MP): True Compassion Means Caring for People, Not Ending Their Lives

Dr. Leslyn Lewis, Member of Parliament for Haldimand–Norfolk, responded to Pope Leo’s recent remarks concerning euthanasia and assisted su***de with a powerful reminder of what genuine compassion should look like.

In a statement shared on X, Dr. Lewis emphasized that every human life has inherent dignity, particularly during times of vulnerability.

“Compassion means caring for people, supporting recovery, relieving suffering, and ensuring that no one feels abandoned when they are at their most vulnerable.”

She also raised an important question: When death is presented as a solution to poverty, homelessness, or isolation, have we failed to provide the care and support people need to live with dignity?

As Pope Leo cautioned, legalized death must never become a substitute for genuine compassion.

We thank Dr. Lewis for her courage and conviction in speaking out on this critical issue. At a time when euthanasia continues to expand in Canada, her unwavering commitment to protecting vulnerable lives is both important and deeply appreciated.

True compassion means standing beside those who are suffering, not offering death as the answer

https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2026/10/leslyn-lewis-mp-compassion-means-caring.html?m=1

10/07/2026

Thanksgiving is more than a date on the calendar. It is a chair at the table, a familiar voice, a favourite story, a laugh from across the room. It is the people we love who turn a meal into a tradition.

When a life is ended through euthanasia, the loss does not end in that moment. It reaches into every holiday that follows.

There is an empty chair at Thanksgiving. Someone is missing from Christmas morning. Birthdays come without their phone call. Family photographs have one less face. Children and grandchildren grow older without that person beside them.

Human lives do not exist in isolation. We are mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, sons and daughters, grandparents, siblings and friends. Our lives are woven into the lives of others.

When someone is suffering, frightened, dependent or feeling like a burden, they need greater care and support, not an offer to end their life.

Illness does not erase dignity. Disability does not erase dignity. Age does not erase dignity. Dependency does not erase dignity.

Euthanasia doesn’t just end a life. It ends future Thanksgivings, Christmases, birthdays, conversations, hugs and ordinary moments together that can never be replaced.

At the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, our message is simple:

You are still wanted. You are still needed. Your life still matters. There is still a place for you at the table.

This Thanksgiving, let us choose compassion that stays and care that does not give up.

Let’s stop calling killing healthcare.
Let’s stop killing people.
Let’s start fighting for their lives.

10/07/2026

I am so grateful I made it. Support Bill C-218. Oppose euthanasia for mental illness.

A blog about euthanasia, assisted su***de, elder abuse, end-of-life care, disability rights, palliative care.