November 9, 2026
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#1466 MAID in Canada: What If Your Future Self Wants to Live?
“ I'm sick. I am fatally ill and keeping me here is cruel. And discrimination is cruel.” -Claire Elyse Brosseau
Aviva Lessard
Senior Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Producer
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

Today, we’re talking about medical assistance in dying. Should you be able to ask for it in advance for a time when you can no longer consent? And is it wrong to exclude people whose only condition is mental illness? 

We’re speaking with  two people who testified before Parliament this spring and see this very differently.

 

Host: Archie Matlow

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Julian Abraham (Fact Check), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Jocelyn Downie, Dr. Ramona Coelho

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