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Canadian bishops urge lawmakers not to expand euthanasia
November 14, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: The permanent council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops called on Parliament to “maintain the exclusion from euthanasia and assisted suicide where mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition, and to remove the advance-request provisions” from pending legislation.
The bishops also called upon the faithful to take part in a letter-writing campaign against the legislation.
In 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that laws against euthanasia violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. The following year, Parliament legalized the practice.
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