Edited sentence: (A proxy is someone you have appointed to make decisions about your health care should you be unable to consent).A living will is a clear indication of your wishes and may help your family and medical staff reach a decision.Canadian laws on living wills and passive euthanasia are a legal dilemma.Documents which set out guidelines for dealing with life-sustaining medical procedures are under the Provinces control, in Ontario under the Health Care Consent Act, 1996.Family members or your proxy, in consultation with medical staff, will have to decide what to do, taking into account all factors, including your written wishes.However, there are no guarantees that any term of the living will will be followed.In Ontario Canada, patients do not have to be informed if they are deemed "incapable", even if they speak and respond, by the medical staff.Living Wills use the word "incognizance" though this is not used or defined in the Health Care Consent Act, Ontario1996.Passive euthanasia can include starvation or de-hydration, or withholding any life-preserving procedures.Patients and families have authorized passive euthanasia and no punishment was given to the attending physician.Questioning the motivation or legality is in civil law, "Breach of Contract" not criminal law, if the living will is not followed or there is foul play.The Proxy legally is the person who has to inform you, if the "Living Will" is invoked.Their legal representative (Wife/husband/partner/children/guardian-Relation) does not have to be advised or evaluated as capable when invoked in medical emergencies.You can enter a hospital and be misdiagnosed and with in hours have the Living Will invoked and pass away, completely curable, your proxy can invoke for any reason and they are the only ones who have to inform you