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Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program
Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program
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What do you do when you discover your son has made an appointment for his death?
By Rupa Subramanya
10.11.22 — Culture and Ideas
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Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada’s Assisted Suicide Program

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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Rupa Subramanya

Rupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.

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