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This Week in Canada: Death Is a High-Volume Business
People walk among the graves as they make their way to a Remembrance Day ceremony at the National Military Cemetery at Beechwood in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
‘Exceptionally proficient’ at MAID; booze sales lose out to marijuana; terrifying synagogue attacks; and more.
By Rupa Subramanya
03.10.26 — Canada
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Welcome back to This Week in Canada, where the “new normal” at synagogues is horrifying, we’re drinking only eight beers per week, and everyone is morally good. Let’s jump in.

Fast and efficient. That is an apt description for Canada’s government-run assisted-suicide program, as I reported in The Free Press last week. Some deaths even occurred on the same day that the person sought approval for “medical assistance in dying” (MAID), according to a 2024 report.

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Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer for The Free Press. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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