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Canadian veterans were offered assisted suicide in five instances, committee hears

OTTAWA — As many as five Canadian Armed Forces veterans were offered medically assisted death by a now-suspended Veterans Affairs Canada caseworker, the minister responsible for the department has testified.

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Who can die? Canada wrestles with euthanasia for the mentally ill

As Canada prepares to expand its euthanasia law to include those with mental illness, some Canadians - including many of the country’s doctors - question whether the country’s assisted death programme has already moved too far, too fast.

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Are Canadians being driven to assisted suicide by poverty or healthcare crisis?

Critics argue laws are being misused to punish the poor but experts say cases represent country’s failure to care for its most vulnerable citizens

Wikipedia: Euthanasia in Canada, sektion om Controversy

Canada’s practice of euthanasia has received significant attention worldwide because of its permissive scope and because of reported abuse of the system.[1][62][3][4][63][64][65]

In 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities criticized Bill C-7, which expanded eligibility for euthanasia, for undermining the autonomy of people with disabilities.[2]

In 2019, Alan Nichols successfully applied for MAiD while being hospitalized for suicide ideation.[66] In February 2022, an anonymous Torontonian with the pseudonym Sophia had a medically assisted death after failing to find affordable housing.[67]

In November 2022, an anonymous active Canadian Forces member has alleged he was offered MAID when seeking assistance regarding PTSD and suicidal thoughts,[68] raising concern about MAID being inappropriately offered. In December 2022, Paralympian and veteran Christine Gauthier testified that a Veterans Affairs Canada employee offered her MAID as an option when she is fighting for installing a wheelchair lift or ramp at her house.[69] This has led to a national controversy, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the report “absolutely unacceptable”. Subsequently, VA claimed they found no record that MAID has been offered as an option to Gauthier and only found four such cases, all involving a single now-suspended case manager.[70]

In December 2022, Canadian writer Alexander Raikin revealed that the Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers (CAMAP) has organized training seminars on patients who sought MAiD due to socio-economic factors such as poverty and loneliness, cases CAMAP denied could occur under the Canadian system.[71][72] In August 2022, Vancouver Coastal Health asked patients receiving mental health care if they have considered MAiD as a method of accessing suicide risk.[73]

In 2023, four leading medical specialists concluded in a study that “The Canadian MAiD regime is lacking the safeguards, data collection, and oversight necessary to protect Canadians against premature death.”[5]