The following are cases in which Canadian courts have left the question of healthcare providers’ authority to unilaterally withhold or withdraw potentially life-sustaining treatment open or unanswered:
- London Health Science Centre v. RK, 1997 CanLII 14487 (ON SC).
- Scardoni v. Hawryluck, 2004 CanLII 34326 (ON SC).
- Re LIC (Dependent Adult), 2006 ABQB 130 (CanLII).
- Yeung v Capital District Health Authority (Dec. 15, 2006), Halifax HFX273970, (NSSC (TD)).
- Rotaru v. Vancouver General Hospital Intensive Care Unit, 2008 BCSC 318 (CanLII).