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Bill S-209 is needed to protect children from pornography

  • Committee testimony about PSG Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne’s bill highlighted that Canada must do better in protecting children from online pornography alongside other countries.
Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | November 19, 2025
Other jurisdictions are demonstrating that user privacy and protecting children from pornography are not mutually exclusive, writes Daniel Zekveld. Unsplash photograph by Alvaro Uribe

Bill S-209 is needed to protect children from pornography

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | November 19, 2025
  • Committee testimony about PSG Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne’s bill highlighted that Canada must do better in protecting children from online pornography alongside other countries.

Bill S-209 is needed to protect children from pornography

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | November 19, 2025
  • Committee testimony about PSG Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne’s bill highlighted that Canada must do better in protecting children from online pornography alongside other countries.
Other jurisdictions are demonstrating that user privacy and protecting children from pornography are not mutually exclusive, writes Daniel Zekveld. Unsplash photograph by Alvaro Uribe

New Liberal government, but MAID a recurring problem

  • The expansion of medical assisted death to people with mental illness is set to come into effect in March 2027. A recent UN committee
Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | May 29, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wants his government to be different from that of his predecessor, he must change the government’s approach to Canada’s radical expansion of euthanasia, writes Daniel Zekveld. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New Liberal government, but MAID a recurring problem

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | May 29, 2025
  • The expansion of medical assisted death to people with mental illness is set to come into effect in March 2027. A recent UN committee

New Liberal government, but MAID a recurring problem

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | May 29, 2025
  • The expansion of medical assisted death to people with mental illness is set to come into effect in March 2027. A recent UN committee
Mark Carney
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wants his government to be different from that of his predecessor, he must change the government’s approach to Canada’s radical expansion of euthanasia, writes Daniel Zekveld. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds must reject advance requests for MAID

  • Each of Canada's expansion to assisted dying laws includes a subtle implication that certain lives are not worth living.
Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | November 13, 2024
Mark Holland
Mark Holland
On Oct. 28, Health Minister Mark Holland announced the government is launching a ‘national conversation’ on advance requests for medical assistance in dying.

Feds must reject advance requests for MAID

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | November 13, 2024
  • Each of Canada's expansion to assisted dying laws includes a subtle implication that certain lives are not worth living.

Feds must reject advance requests for MAID

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | November 13, 2024
  • Each of Canada's expansion to assisted dying laws includes a subtle implication that certain lives are not worth living.
Mark Holland
On Oct. 28, Health Minister Mark Holland announced the government is launching a ‘national conversation’ on advance requests for medical assistance in dying.

Canada not ready for planned expansion of MAID to those with mental illness

  • Mental health experts’ testimony to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying not only suggests we are not ready for the March
Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | December 20, 2023
If MAID is offered to people with mental illness, we can expect to see annual increases at rates similar to those we have seen with MAID for other groups of Canadians, writes Daniel Zekveld. Pexels photograph by Juan Pablo Serrano Arenas

Canada not ready for planned expansion of MAID to those with mental illness

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | December 20, 2023
  • Mental health experts’ testimony to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying not only suggests we are not ready for the March

Canada not ready for planned expansion of MAID to those with mental illness

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | December 20, 2023
  • Mental health experts’ testimony to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying not only suggests we are not ready for the March
If MAID is offered to people with mental illness, we can expect to see annual increases at rates similar to those we have seen with MAID for other groups of Canadians, writes Daniel Zekveld. Pexels photograph by Juan Pablo Serrano Arenas

Preserving hope for Canadians with mental illness

  • The safeguards around MAID will not protect all vulnerable Canadians, so the government should cancel MAID for mental illness before it comes into effect
Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | October 11, 2023
Conservative MP Ed Fast’s Bill C-314, which would bar mental illness from being used as an eligible criterion for medical assistance in dying, should pass second reading and be studied by committee, writes Daniel Zekveld. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Preserving hope for Canadians with mental illness

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | October 11, 2023
  • The safeguards around MAID will not protect all vulnerable Canadians, so the government should cancel MAID for mental illness before it comes into effect

Preserving hope for Canadians with mental illness

Opinion | BY DANIEL ZEKVELD | October 11, 2023
  • The safeguards around MAID will not protect all vulnerable Canadians, so the government should cancel MAID for mental illness before it comes into effect
Conservative MP Ed Fast’s Bill C-314, which would bar mental illness from being used as an eligible criterion for medical assistance in dying, should pass second reading and be studied by committee, writes Daniel Zekveld. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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