Growing number of Canadians getting MAID

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, 5:10 a.m.

A growing number of Canadians are choosing medically-assisted death. Last year, more than 13,000 Canadians used the program \u2014 a 31 per cent increase over the year prior. Matt Galloway discusses why more Canadians are choosing medically-assisted death, with Dr. Michel Bureau, the head of Quebec's commission on end-of-life care; and Dr. James Downar, a physician who heads the University of Ottawa\u2019s palliative care division, and the co-author of a recent study for the Canadian Medical Association Journal that looked at who gets MAID and why.