Justin Trudeau trip. In 2002, Trudeau criticized the Government of British Columbia's decision to stop its funding for a public avalanche warning system. Trudeau chaired the Katimavik youth program, a project started by longtime family friend Jacques Hébert, from 2002 to 2006. In 2002–03, Trudeau was a panelist on CBC Radio's "Canada Reads" series, where he championed "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" by Wayne Johnston. Trudeau and his brother Alexandre inaugurated the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto in April 2004; the centre later became a part of the Munk School of Global Affairs. In 2006,
Euthanasia in the United States Euthanasia in the United States Euthanasia is illegal in most of the United States. Assisted suicide/assisted death is legal in Washington DC and the states of California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Hawaii, and Washington; its status is disputed in Montana. The key difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide is that in cases of assisted suicide, the individual receives assistance, but ultimately voluntarily causes their own death. In euthanasia the individual does not directly end their life, but another person acts to cause the individual's death. Debates about the ethics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide date from ancient Greece and Rome. After