February marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), in which the court unanimously ruled, against both basic logic and its own precedents, that the right to life, guaranteed by the Constitution, included the right to a state-assisted suicide through what came to be known euphemistically as “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD).

The guardrails restraining state-assisted death have flown off, despite the Supreme Court of Canada's promises otherwise{ai:summary}<p>February marks a decade since the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Carter v. Canada, affirming that the constitutional right to life includes the right to state-assisted suicide, termed "Medical Assistance in Dying" (MAiD). This decision has sparked ongoing debate over its implications. #society</p>

Yuan Yi Zhu: MAiD's decade of expansion shows how Canada's slippery slope was actually a cliff

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