Canada’s soul appears to be mutating rapidly amid the acceptance of assisted suicide as a moral option for those living in poverty or undesirable conditions physically or mentally.
Since the passage of Bill C-7 in 2016, Canada’s laws pertaining to assisted suicide have broadened greatly, with later amendments removing terminal illness as a qualifier.
Now, it is purely based on individual judgment.
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In 2016, 1018 Canadians sought out euthanasia, primarily cancer patients. By 2021, that number skyrocketed to 10,064 deaths attributed to assisted suicide, past the ten thousand mark.
In International News: 1/4 of Canadians backs lethal injections for POOR and homeless #MAiD @DailyMailUK
No where does it mention the upcoming Canada Disability Benefit or the upcoming study on GLBI.https://t.co/6UGxYTY6ot
— Joseph Vander Meer (@CanadaBasic) May 25, 2023
Research Co. found over 71% of Canadians are in favor of MAiD (medical assistance in dying), while only 16% stand in opposition.
Alarmingly, a sizable number of Canadians find poverty to be a reasonable justification for assisted suicide. 27% said they would be fine will that individual having access. 16% agreed impoverishment was a suitable qualification.
Even prior to Bill C-7, the Canadian healthcare system had been rife with abuse. Roger Foley, a patient suffering from a neurodegenerative disorder, testified before Canada’s parliament about how medical tried to coerce him into assisted suicide.
Are There Any Limits?
I'm hopeful this is a parody.
Yet, the Canada MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) program now accounts for 3.3% of all deaths in Canada. We cannot "normalize" this. https://t.co/j6pRrnR4Cb— Abby (@NoCRTinSchools) May 23, 2023
From the looks of it, they seem to be diminishing. A woman from Ontario with severe allergies was forced to obtain assisted suicide after her housing benefits could not get her a suitable home.
Another woman said she could not afford to keep living as her basis for receiving MAiD. A family of a 35-year-old man sought MAiD after they found he defected himself in his own house.
All of this comes back to Canada’s network of socialized medicine that relies on a single-payer system. Bill C-7 with its broad definition of who can obtain MAiD, is predicted to save the state over $62 million per year.
MAiD itself is said to only cost the taxpayer $2,327 per case, rather than the cost of long-term care for chronically ill patients.
This article appeared in The Political Globe and has been published here with permission.
