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How much freedom governments give for people to end their own lives is a debate in the UK that won’t go away. In December, the health and social care committee announced another review into euthanasia policy in England and Wales.

Many of those engaged in the debate have increasingly looked with interest at events in Canada, whose government has been moving towards introducing some of the least restrictive laws in the world, with plans to broaden the remit of those who can end their lives to those whose sole medical condition is mental illness.

Those plans have now been delayed for at least a year amid significant controversy. So what does Canada’s faltering liberalisation on the issue tell us about the potential limits of assisted dying, and how might it inform the debate in Britain?

Newsnight’s Science and Technology Correspondent Kate Lamble reports.

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  1. @pou618

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    The old slippery slope

  2. @user-eu5oy5tx5q

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    I have tried everything I can but I still don't want live even 1 sec anymore. Please let me go peacefully…

  3. @laraparks7018

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    What starts as a privilege will end in a mandate😮

  4. @ralphgerald744

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

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  5. @clairburton1

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    You've done a great work in my life Doctorapala. your treatment is real trusted, keep saving lives sir………………………

  6. @kingjames7273

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    A bunch of you sound just like the nazi's when they decided who lives or dies,your thoughts will betray you on judgment day

  7. @kingjames7273

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    They counseled me due to my terminal cancer I kicked them out my hospital room im still here

  8. @janbelljara4495

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Trudeau government is fostering killing!!!

  9. @tombakersfield742

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Where do I sign up

  10. @tombakersfield742

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Should be legal for consenting adults

  11. @tombakersfield742

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Thanks canadas a way out of this shitty broken world if your poor like me

  12. @ageoftarot6881

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    wow that's just a way to cut medical costs – canada is disgusting

  13. @user-vc3rs6lo8h

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    They just deny your healthcare in the US

  14. @balsarmy

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Fuck Canada

  15. @carolynmontibello8421

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    I am from the US and am concerned about coersion of people with mental illnesses to seek the MAID option.

  16. @rcha205

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    2:07 ….this Psychiatrist made me realize something, made me realize that the drug industry is going to have a problem with this. Their long term customers and test subjects and cash cows are going to start thinking that they got "another" option (as sad that option might be) …i have a feeling bigPharma will probably start lobbying against this law, cause Psychiatrists and Pharma are so darn compassionate and all.

  17. @AutisticBrain

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    It’s really sad that Canada is letting people commit suicide.

  18. @mexdrago3009

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    I want this to pass. Im done with life.

  19. @liamdodson7080

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    The uk needs to do this for people with MH

  20. @buzby303

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Oh of course
    Throw This in the mix too
    Anything to help cull the population
    This thing should never have been allowed to speak let alone stand as crime-minister

  21. @cbzc1035

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    yay have to wait longer to legally kill myself so i dont involve more people than necessary. unnecessary suffering for extended periods of time feels great!

  22. @drkarenbukharibukhari9931

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    🎉wuranquran🎉

  23. @drkarenbukharibukhari9931

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    🎉 jesus 🎉

  24. @drkarenbukharibukhari9931

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    🎉drsyeda🎉

  25. @Fandar

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    I would only consider using this if I went permanently blind or something.

  26. @John-xv2hv

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    we meed this in the usa. Thats why I support the democrats

  27. @morganoox3838

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    What a hero! Are you poor? stressed? Having a bad day? Why not consider suicide? The government wants you to die so they can raid your pension and health care taxes. That is the sole purpose of euthanasia.

  28. @capresti3537

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Psychiatrists are crippling and maiming people with pseudoscience rendering them disabled that they cant function and have no hope for the future. Now they want them to have MAID.

  29. @greatrp

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Why not have suicide booths so the government can get some extra money for Trudeau's vactions.

  30. @natasharaymond8958

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    How evil. So ruin everyone's lives. Increase inflation force people to work 2/3 jobs just to keep a roof over their heads but not enough money to have nourishing food, or pay basic living essentials. Therefore causing situational depression then your own health-care staff targeting people at their most vulnerable. You are nothing more than emulating hitler

  31. @skibid100

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    I wish in philippines available to i will the 1st in the list

  32. @sergec.2014

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    From sunny ways to selling death? Is this the trajectory Canadian voters signed up for upon placing Justin Trudeau as prime minister back in the fall of 2015?

  33. @AlvinDiaz-nl4zj

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    I'm 30 and have had depression all my life with so much unpleasant memories and experiences so I will go to Canada to get MAID next year and die legally

  34. @yossibenayoun5642

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    I think being able to choose whether you want to be alive or not is the ultimate human right. It's barbaric that people who don't want to be here anymore have to jump off buildings or in front of trains. There should be strict guidelines in place and every effort to go other routes but going back to my original point it really is the ultimate human right.

  35. @JustinSmith-kn9ef

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Problem with youth in power cf Macron neither have life experience

  36. @barbaraschumacher3861

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    WTF??!!! Canadians have to wait years for treatment but only 90 days to off themselves??? And I thought MY country (U.S.) had a heartless, dysfunctional health care system.

  37. @Scary_Pronoun

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Canada: “We don’t want to deal with the problem so we’ll just get rid of it”

  38. @roymaitland6345

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    My body my choice.

  39. @erickheredia8910

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    This is disgusting. Remind me again what's the difference between this and what the Nazis did in WW2? ah, right. This is having compassion for poor, mentally ill people. The nazis were doing it to purify their race. God have mercy on Canada. This is insane. 🐺 leading.

  40. @Johnsonmaddog

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    A person suffering from a severe mental illness may hear voices in their head. If they hear the word of God then they might be a prophet sent from god. Assisted suicide maybe killing a prophet sent from god.

  41. @Johnsonmaddog

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    If schizophrenics hear voices in their head. If it's God's voice then they could be a prophet and know the word of god. They could go on to write multiple books for the bible and restore rights to own firearms for prophets or schizophrenics. They also know God's will when it comes to assisted suicide. Prophets or schizophrenics should be allowed to become political leaders or presidents

  42. @OmaticayaWarrior

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Dogs get to die with more dignity than people do. Keep your religious bs to yourselves.

  43. @ItzConcreteRoses

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Why people always in others business my body my choice if i want to die that’s my choice

  44. @brandonsaunders6580

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Canada does not want to pay millions of dollars on broken slaves who cannot work. Lol, country is a slave labor camp at this point.

  45. @Lucypearla

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Pretty shocking- and to hear that lady say ‘it is not suicide!’ when it clearly is. I work with people with severe and enduring mental health problems, many of whom experience suicidal thoughts. If they had access to this, I’m sure they would take it. What does this say about our society that we make death readily available to people with mental health conditions? Where is the hope for recovery? This is seriously concerning.

  46. @oofmaster8721

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    MAID is still a godsend to those truly suffering and these a-hole drama queens trying to politicize it to raise welfare rates by threatening MAID (or going through with it when they would have unalived themselves anyway) shouldn't derail it. The logic that something should be outright banned or severely restricted just because a few use something as not intended is ridiculous.

    Right now there's no detailed initial and/or recurring psychological assessments in the US or Canada to get driver's licenses. Getting your license is not supposed to be a way to unaliving yourself or others. But it still happens yearly. So should all driver's licensing be completely scrapped or become ridiculously expensive with a million extra checks just because a few suicidal or murderous a-holes use it in a manner that it's not intended for? How about knives or any chemicals that can remotely injure someone (e.g. bleach) at your local friendly hardware store? Should we ban individual purchases of these things or again require huge government fees and months of background checks for anyone to get one just because a few a-holes misuse them?

  47. @Johnsonmaddog

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Try talking to g-d for an answer. Moses built a tent and created smoke by burning incense. Moses inhaled and exhaled untill the smoke reached the skies or heavens. Moses spoke to G-d and wrote the bible and rules.

  48. @whenindoubtmutemyownmouth5180

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Prolonging suffering in the name of compassion.

  49. @gingerbread7113

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    This world is ran by some evil creatures .I mean pure evil. I hate this world!

  50. @jascam1

    December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am

    Mental illness seem to be the new catch all cause for all victims and suspects, while climate change accounts for all other natural calamities. I guess we might as well just kiss our A… goodbye.

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