Posted on 03/06/2026 12:23:46 PM PST by DFG
Canada performed thousands of same-day assisted suicides, as it was revealed one elderly woman was killed despite withdrawing her request the day before.
The medical assistance in dying (MAiD) program was approved in 2016 and has since been expanded to include requests from patients whose deaths are 'not reasonably foreseeable,' and will soon include those with mental illness.
More than 200 people in Ontario alone chose to die within 24 hours of their approval in 2023, a 2024 Ontario report found, The Free Press first reported.
Of the 219 deaths, 30 percent of them chose a same-day procedure.
In 2024 alone, across all of Canada, 16,500 people participated in the MAiD program, including a woman only identified as Mrs B.
Mrs B had undergone a coronary artery bypass graft, which led to several medical complications afterward, including additional surgeries, forcing her to opt for a palliative care approach to treatment, the Ontario report said.
The woman, who was in her 80s, later expressed to her family that she desired an assisted suicide. On her behalf, her spouse requested MAiD, and the following day, a MAiD practitioner assessed her eligibility.
Mrs B told the practitioner that she wanted to withdraw her request after rethinking, citing religious and personal reasons, and that she'd like to continue with hospice care and palliative sedation, the report said.
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So I guess the Canadian suicide hotlines are a bit different. “Suicide hotline, would you like same-day service?”
involuntary same-hour assisted suicides
There is a real moral divide between Canada and the US. MAID is one. I also mention that 85% of Canadians approve of homosexuality compared to 61% for Americans.
Canada I would describe as a failed state. America was approaching that, but thank God the US was not subject to the reign of Kamala.
Well, that’s one medical service that you don’t have to wait nine months for!
When will they start offering drive through service? “I’d like a Hillary Clinton Special and super size those fries.”
This could work out well for those charities - drive in, donate your car.
This adds a whole new meaning to the word “outpatient”.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Cut those state expenses but don’t lower taxes.
More for gov employees and political parties.
“...only mostly dead.”
That sounds like murderer to.
The suicide of the west is now literal.
The article state that the woman changed her mind and was sent home for hospice care. Her husband had “care-giver burnout”, but they were denied help from the the government. Her husband found another doctor to reinstate the murder.
Seems to me that perhaps the husband should have done the assisted suicide to put himself out of the misery of taking care of his wife.
Killing people is more affordable. They could have a law to take care of these things more affordable. It could be called the Affordable Care Act.
Let me guess - the surviving spouse has no recourse. no lawsuit, no nothing.
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