Dying With Dignity Canada lobbies government 139 times and counting / 2025 financial statements

Dying with Dignity Canada most recent government lobbying

Type: Consultant
Lobbyist: Tom Potter, Blackbird Strategies, Ltd.
Registration: 6 of 6 (2026-05-25 to present)
Posted: 2026-05-25

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A couple of notes on Dying with Dignity's recently published 2025 financial statements.

DWDC has long-term investments of $8,160,832 (2025), up from $7,370,174 (2024). Imagine a charity so rich that they can afford to keep more than $8 million in long-term investments--money that clearly isn't needed to run the business. They also received $646,153 in investment income alone. Can you imagine a pro-life charity being this rich? Neither can I.

My guess is that they will use this great big juicy horde of cash to pay for their Charter challenges (British Columbia court battle and the Mental Illness Exclusion Challenge in Ontario), and when they act as intervenors in other court cases. Lots of cash to do this. 

Donations are up: $ 2,976,918 (2025), from $ 2,759,606 (2024).

(I still puzzle why anyone would donate to this pro-death group who advocate, lobby and promote killing people. Why does Dying with Dignity even exist? Is it because of power? Or money? Or are they just plain old run of the mill lunatic psychopaths?)

Advertising and promotions $1,013,241 (2025), up from $803,555 (2024). That's over one third of their donations spent on advertising and promoting and lobbying the government for the killing industry.

The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has applied to be intervenor in the Brosseau case launched by Dying with Dignity. 

The Brosseau case is asking an Ontario court to legislate from the bench by approving medical homicide for Claire Brosseau who is living with mental illness alone. Court interventions are very expensive. We need your support.

If you can, please give a donation to help EPC.  

Dying with Dignity lobbies government all summer long

Dying with Dignity has been very busy this summer. While everyone else was on vacation, DWDC was lobbying MPs about their euthanasia ideology. 

(Reminder: lobbying for euthanasia is a very lucrative business for DWDC: donations were $3,791,596 in 2024; they had $9,231,137 in assets, of which $7,370,174 is in long term investments; their CEO earns between $200,000 and $249,999 a year. It is no wonder DWDC can lobby the government incessantly--they've got the finances to do so). 

They managed to lobby all of these MPs between July 15 and August 29.

• Kristina Tesser Derksen, Member of Parliament | House of Commons

• Braedon Clark, Member of Parliament | House of Commons
• Kajan Ratneswaran, Manager, Health Policy Branch | Health Canada (HC)
• Patricia Lattanzio, Member of Parliament, PS Justice | House of Commons
• Leslie Church, Parliamentary Secretary, Labour, for Seniors, and for Children and Youth, and to the Minister of Jobs and Families (Persons with Disabilities) | House of Commons

DWDC's two current lobbyists are: Tom Potter, Blackbird Strategies, Ltd. and CEO Helen Long.

More on Dying with Dignity and their successful euthanasia business.