Health Canada’s 2023 MAID report shows a substantial rise in cases of Canadians obtaining MAID when death was not reasonably foreseeable
Author Archives: Meagan Gillmore
Meagan Gillmore is an Ottawa-based reporter with a decade of journalism experience. Meagan got her start as a general assignment reporter at The Yukon News. She has freelanced for the CBC, The Toronto Star, Broadview, Chatelaine, Toronto Life and The Walrus and contributed reporting to Accessible Media Inc. since 2016. She has been nominated for a Digital Publishing Award and a National
Magazine Award and is a recipient of the Corcoran Award. She holds a master of journalism degree from Carleton University.
Posted inReligion
Giving machines make charitable giving easy during the holidays
Giving machines offer shoppers a new way to give to charities: selecting donations like one would purchase a candy bar from a vending machine
Posted inHealth
More Canadians are feeling older than their age, new poll shows
People’s ‘felt age’ varies between generations, with younger Canadians more likely to report feeling older—and vice versa
Posted inPolitics & Policy
New report slams Ottawa for not tracking effectiveness of seniors’ benefits
A new report says Ottawa is failing to track whether seniors’ benefits are meeting their goals—despite being government’s costliest program
Posted inConsumer
Fund struggles to facilitate market-based housing for First Nations
A recent report says the First Nations Market Housing Fund has ‘fallen short of its goals’ of increasing home ownership for First Nations. Now, it’s working to change that
Posted inDispatches
Mark Carney shares vision for responding to Trump’s tariffs
Canada must address productivity crisis and ‘right-size’ immigration, former Bank of Canada governor told an Ottawa crowd
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Alberta launches MAID review to assess impact on vulnerable people
The Alberta government is seeking Albertans’ input on MAID, including on mental illness and whether family members should have a say
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Where do the similarities between Republicans and Conservatives begin and end?
‘There’s nothing even remotely like Trump in Canadian politics,’ says one political scientist. But there are similarities between the Republicans and Conservatives
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Humans — and pets — ‘pet-ition’ Ottawa for increased animal protection
Humans and pets signed a petition calling for the government to change the Criminal Code to stop treating pets as property
Posted inHealth
Quebec’s legalization of advance MAID requests raises legal, medical concerns
On Wednesday, Quebec becomes the first province to allow advance requests for MAID — a practice prohibited by the Criminal Code