Sign the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Petition:
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition petition to The Honourable Josie Osborne, the BC Minister of Health, Conservative Health Critic Anna Kindy, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
Link to the Petition (Petition Link).
Dear Hon. Josie Osborne,
We
demand a complete review by the British Columbia Ministry of Health and
the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC into Dr Ellen Wiebe’s
euthanasia practice.
There have been many controversial
euthanasia deaths associated with Dr Wiebe and we believe that there may
be many more concerning deaths that were carried out by Dr Wiebe.
We
believe that it is possible that Dr Wiebe has participated in
non-compliant euthanasia deaths and legal sanctions or sanctions on her
medical license are likely.
Until an investigation is completed, Dr. Wiebe’s medical license should be temporarily suspended in order to protect people.
Link to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Petition (Petition Link).
Background information.
On January 6, 2026 Margaret Marsilla published a message on her facebook page about the tragic death of her son, Kiano by euthanasia carried out by Dr Ellen Wiebe. Kiano was living with mental illness. Margaret stated on her facebook page (1):
With a broken heart, I am sharing that my baby boy Kiano passed away on December 30, 2025, after being euthanized.
Four years ago, here in Ontario, we were able to stop his euthanasia and get him some help. He was alive because people stepped in when he was vulnerable and not capable of making a final, irreversible decision.
Tragically, the Canadian system later allowed something very different to happen in Vancouver—where a doctor named DR ELLEN WIEBE AKA DR DEATH #2 approved his death based on mental illness. This approval occurred despite euthanasia for mental illness being banned until 2027. Somehow, DR DEATH #2 found a loophole in the system, one that now demands to be exposed so that no other parent has to endure this.
Brieanna
Charlebois reported for the Canadian Press on December 19, 2024, that a
Vancouver man who was on a psychiatric day pass died by MAiD at
Ellen Wiebe’s clinic(2):
The family of a 52-year-old man who received medical assistance in dying while on a day pass from a Vancouver hospital’s psychiatric ward has launched a constitutional challenge to the procedure’s legal framework.
The case filed in the B.C. Supreme Court says the businessman and father of three, who had chronic back pain and long-term mental illness, suffered wrongful death in December 2022. Charlebois reported that the case, “...accuses Dr Ellen Wiebe and her clinic of malpractice. None of the allegations have been proven in court.”
The
family was seeking damages for an alleged wrongful death as well as a
declaration that the man’s Charter rights were breached and that the
MAiD framework is invalid and unconstitutional.
This was not the
first controversial MAiD approval associated with Dr Wiebe. On October
26, 2024, a Vancouver judge granted a 30-day injunction to prevent the
euthanasia death of a woman (3). The woman’s common law husband
petitioned the court claiming that the woman did not have an
“irremediable” medical condition.
On October 29, Lisa Steacy
reported for CTV News Vancouver that Justice Simon R Coval signed an
injunction on Saturday October 26 preventing Dr Wiebe from killing an
Alberta woman on Sunday October 27 by MAiD (4). Steacy reported
that the claim stated that the woman did not qualify for MAiD, not even
for a Track 2 approval because the woman did not have an irremediable
medical condition.
Some of Dr Wiebe’s deaths were not reported in
the media but were reported by researchers. A research article by
Alexander Raikin published by The New Atlantis in December 2022 tells
how Ellen Wiebe provided euthanasia to a man who had been rejected for
euthanasia in his own city (5):
In another CAMAP seminar recording, we learn of a man who was rejected for MAID because, as assessors found, he did not have a serious illness or the “capacity to make informed decisions about his own personal health.” One assessor concluded “it is very clear that he does not qualify.” But Dying with Dignity Canada connected him with Ellen Wiebe, a prominent euthanasia provider and advocate in Vancouver. She assessed him virtually, found him eligible, and found a second assessor to agree. “And he flew all by himself to Vancouver,” she said. “I picked him up at the airport, um, brought him to my clinic and provided for him,” meaning she euthanized him.Dr Wiebe has a history of controversial euthanasia cases. She is the doctor who entered a Jewish care home to complete a euthanasia death, even though she knew that the care home had a policy of not permitting euthanasia on the premises (6).
Dr Wiebe stated in an essay published in the Economist Magazine in August 2018 that she is not concerned about euthanasia errors (7):
“I agree that one day I may make an error in my assessment and not realise that someone has been pressured into a decision to hasten their death. And the other independent assessor might make the same error. That might mean a person would die earlier than she or he may have preferred.”
“Should that error be the reason hundreds or thousands suffer needlessly against their will at the end of life?”
We demand a
complete review by the British Columbia Ministry of Health and the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC into Dr Ellen Wiebe’s
euthanasia practice.
There have been many controversial
euthanasia deaths associated with Dr Wiebe and we believe that there may
be many more concerning deaths that were carried out by Dr Wiebe.
We
believe that it is possible that Dr Wiebe has participated in
non-compliant euthanasia deaths and legal sanctions or sanctions on her
medical license are likely.
Until an investigation is completed, Dr. Wiebe’s medical license should be temporarily suspended in order to protect people.
Link to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Petition (Petition Link).
Endnotes:
(1) Schadenberg, A. (2026, Jan 7). Tragic euthanasia death of a young man with mental illness. Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Blog. https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2026/01/tragic-euthanasia-death-of-young-man.html
(2)
Charlebois, B. (2024, Dec 19). Family who says B.C. man received MAID
on psychiatric day pass files wrongful-death lawsuit. Vancouver Sun. https://vancouversun.com/news/family-bc-man-received-maid-wrongful-death-lawsuit
(3) A.Y. v. N.B., 2024 BCSC 2004. https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/24/20/2024BCSC2004.htm
(4) Steacy, L. (2024, Oct 29). B.C. judge halts woman’s medically assisted death. CTV News Vancouver. https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-judge-halts-womans-medically-assisted-death/
(5) Raikin, A. (2022, Dec 16). No Others Options. The New Atlantis. https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/no-other-options
(6) Lazaruk, S. (2018, Jan 05). Jewish care home accuses doctor of ‘sneaking in and killing someone’. Vancouver Sun. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/jewish-care-home-accuses-doctor-of-sneaking-in-and-killing-someone
(7) (2018, Aug 27). Canada’s example of assisted dying refutes those who argue against it. The Economist. https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/08/27/canadas-example-of-assisted-dying-refutes-those-who-argue-against-it
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