Withholding and withdrawing: healthcare providers do have authority

The following are cases in which Canadian courts have found that healthcare providers do have the authority to unilaterally withhold or withdraw potentially life-sustaining treatment:

• Child and Family Services of Central Manitoba v. Lavallee et al, 1997 CanLII 3742 (MB CA).
• I.H.V. (Re), 2008 ABQB 250 (CanLII).
• Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton v. M.C., 2008 CanLII 49154 (ON SC).