Webinar Panel Video: MAiD - How far dare we go on medical assistance in dying?
An emotional and divisive debate is playing out before the Canadian Senate as Senators consider amendments to bill C-7, potentially expanding Canada's physician...
Canadians are being left in the dark on medically assisted dying: Harvey Schipper and Robyn Boucher in the Hill Times
There are times of crisis where we need to move on best guesses, incomplete and shifting data. The current pandemic is one such....
Understanding the new epidemic disease of MAiDism: Harvey Schipper for Inside Policy
The spectre of having a doctor end one’s life has begun to take its toll on vulnerable people in our society, to the...
On to the next pandemic: Harvey Schipper in the Hill Times
Canada is in a unique position to be a, if not the, world leader in preparedness. We now have an unprecedented opportunity to...
Rush to expand MAiD turns policy-making on its head: Harvey Schipper and Harry Swain in the Vancouver Sun
There is something troubling, even dangerous, about the way MAiD is evolving in Canada, and that is the absence of evidence, write Harvey...
How pandemic modelling failed policy-makers, and how to do better: MLI Commentary by Harvey Schipper
OTTAWA, ON (July 9, 2020): The existing models for epidemics, which were used to trigger lockdowns around the globe in response to COVID-19,...
We’re moving too fast with too little evidence on Medical Assistance in Dying: MLI commentary by Harvey Schipper
OTTAWA, ON (February 14, 2020): With the federal government set to introduce legislation to expand Medical Assistance in Dying (often referred to as...
