Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program
Toronto after a storm. (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)
What do you do when you discover your son has made an appointment for his death?
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On September 7, Margaret Marsilla called Joshua Tepper, the doctor who planned to kill her son.
Marsilla is 46, and she lives outside Toronto with her husband and daughter, a nursing student. She had known that her 23-year-old son, Kiano Vafaeian, was depressed—he was diabetic and had lost his vision in one eye, and he didn’t have a job or girlfriend or…
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