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Canada seeks to delay euthanasia for people with mental illness – BBC Newsnight
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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Much of western Europe is under the most extreme red heat alerts – meaning there’s a potential risk to life.
France, Spain and Italy have been hardest hit by the heatwave so far.
But why is it so hot? What can you do to stay safe? And is El Nino to blame?
We answer some of your most asked questions about the heatwave sweeping Europe with our climate and health correspondents.
We’re also joined by our teams in Paris, Madrid and the south of France.
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Tens of thousands of organisations have been caught out by a computer virus called WannaCry. The malicious software locks data away and demands a payment of up to $300 (£230) a time before it will restore scrambled files. In the UK, many hospitals fell victim and some health organisations diverted ambulances and cancelled non-essential services as they sought to contain and clean up the infection. Infections in more than 99 nations are being reported by security firms. It appears that the hardest hit are Russia and Spain.
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A year ago, artificial intelligence was being sold as something close to science fiction — a technology that could transform society, cure disease, even reshape the global economy.
Today, the tone is changing. The companies leading the revolution are racing to the stock market — chasing billions in investment — while quietly confronting a much harder reality: AI is expensive, unpredictable, and far from profitable.
At the same time, some of the very people building this technology are warning we may be going too fast — even calling for a global pause.
And beyond Silicon Valley, a different story is emerging: growing public anxiety, political backlash, and the rise of what some are calling anti-AI populism.
So is AI entering its most pivotal moment yet — caught between financial pressure, technological risk, and political resistance?
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Will AI lead to job losses and displace workers in the UK, or is it an opportunity for government and businesses to grasp?
Watch what the panel said on the BBC Question Time AI special, featuring AI pioneer Mo Gawdat, CEO of AI company Synthesia Victor Riparbelli, and Laura Gilbert, senior director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
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Invented in Moscow in 1984, a new Apple TV movie has charted how Tetris made its way out of the Soviet Union to become a global hit.
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@pou618
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
The old slippery slope
@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…
@laraparks7018
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
What starts as a privilege will end in a mandate😮
@ralphgerald744
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
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@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………………………
@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
@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
@janbelljara4495
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Trudeau government is fostering killing!!!
@tombakersfield742
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Where do I sign up
@tombakersfield742
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Should be legal for consenting adults
@tombakersfield742
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Thanks canadas a way out of this shitty broken world if your poor like me
@ageoftarot6881
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
wow that's just a way to cut medical costs – canada is disgusting
@user-vc3rs6lo8h
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
They just deny your healthcare in the US
@balsarmy
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Fuck Canada
@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.
@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.
@AutisticBrain
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
It’s really sad that Canada is letting people commit suicide.
@mexdrago3009
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
I want this to pass. Im done with life.
@liamdodson7080
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
The uk needs to do this for people with MH
@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
@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!
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
🎉wuranquran🎉
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
🎉 jesus 🎉
@drkarenbukharibukhari9931
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
🎉drsyeda🎉
@Fandar
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
I would only consider using this if I went permanently blind or something.
@John-xv2hv
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
we meed this in the usa. Thats why I support the democrats
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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
@skibid100
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
I wish in philippines available to i will the 1st in the list
@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?
@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
@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.
@JustinSmith-kn9ef
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Problem with youth in power cf Macron neither have life experience
@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.
@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”
@roymaitland6345
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
My body my choice.
@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.
@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.
@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
@OmaticayaWarrior
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Dogs get to die with more dignity than people do. Keep your religious bs to yourselves.
@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
@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.
@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.
@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?
@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.
@whenindoubtmutemyownmouth5180
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
Prolonging suffering in the name of compassion.
@gingerbread7113
December 29, 2023 at 5:18 am
This world is ran by some evil creatures .I mean pure evil. I hate this world!
@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.