# Former Quebec premier who oversaw Canada's first assisted-dying law worries it has gone too far

https://mins.news/en/item/94550

- CBC News, 2026-10-10 08:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/phillipe-couillard-worries-about-maid-legalization-9.7376452?cmp=rss

> The former Quebec premier who oversaw the passage of Canada’s first medically assisted dying law says he feels conflicted after seeing how far the practice has advanced since then.

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