Posted on 11/08/2026 9:49:19 AM PST by DFG
It was two days before Christmas when David Baltzer, a physically healthy man in his 30s, received a call from a Veterans Affairs Canada caseworker offering him medically assisted death.
A former soldier who had served two tours in Afghanistan, Baltzer had been receiving psychological treatment for PTSD and suicidal thoughts.
He relied on veterans' benefits to survive after struggling to reintegrate into civilian life, so he was shocked when he received a letter informing him that his benefits had been cut.
Upset and looking for answers, he called Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC).
But rather than receiving the help he was seeking, Baltzer claims the caseworker instructed him to end the call and provided him with a different number to contact.
During that subsequent conversation, he says the caseworker reviewed his file and suggested he consider another option.
'He looked at my file and said, "I can see the therapy you've done. It doesn't seem like much has helped. I'd like you to keep an open mind and think about this."'
'"Have you ever given any thought to medical assistance in dying?"'
Baltzer is among several Canadian veterans who have told the Daily Mail they were offered euthanasia in connection with their mental health struggles and disabilities.
Some said they felt 'disposable' and 'abandoned' by the country they served for years, as one claimed a nurse had 'bragged' to him about how many people they had euthanised.
Another said it is easier to access legal marijuana than medical equipment, as they argue Canada is washing its hands of its servicemen.
The Daily Mail also spoke to Catherine Christensen, a lawyer representing several veterans who were offered medical assistance in dying (MAID) and is working on a proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government.
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The globalists in London-Brussels who control Canada have changed their long-term strategy vis-a-vis the United States.
They will accelerate the woke social-engineering of Canada. The obvious installation of Carney is proof of that.
For them, the USA will either return to its pre-Trump, Atlanticist, WEF norms (its too early to tell), or Canada will be used as a wedge against the USA.
Soylent Green coming to town soon...
Nazi Germany had something called the Aktion T4 program. German citizens who were deemed to be too disabled were simply murdered. Certain German doctors were authorized to make the selections.
I guess everything old is new again.
Make one wonder, what their medics in the field would be trained to do when treating the wounded.
When government controls the practice of medicine, this is the result. The democRAT Party would impose “death for lives unworthy of being lived” if it could. EVERY democRAT politician is complicit in this push toward government sponsored mass murder.
He must be White. They’re doing everything they can to get rid of the Whites.
Coming to a VA clinic near you if the socialists take over.
I am a Viet,/Cold War vet.
I extend my thoughts to my Canadian “brothers of the cloth*”.
It is true, and has been in the past that here in America, our elected representatives have espoused opinions for those of us who went, but did not die”over there”. To them, we are a burden and squandering mopney that could be spent on their ever loyal porch sitters.
Where was our concern for our Vets when we offshored their jobs?
The simple answer to this question is: "NO. But If I do, I'm taking you with me."
They will both never ask again, and it may even motivate them to help keep you alive.
The Mark Carney and the Canadian Liberal Party wants to kill off Canadians so they can bring millions from India as Slaves and pay them almost nothing
Getting rid of the useless eaters, like their Nazi forefathers. Them dang veterans are expensive!
I’m a veteran...-John Wick
Things like this make me want to reach out to vets and first responders with PTSD more than I already do. I just want to say, “Hey, I’m an ear to listen if you need it. I don’t need your name, where you live, or what unit or town you served in. I want to give you a place to vent.”
I’m not a vet, so I can’t relate to their lived experiences, but listening is free and I’m very good at it.
If Canada is cold-calling physically healthy vets with PTSD for MAID, they’re pushing the line far and fast. All they have to do is catch one of them on a bad day, and that’s it. Apparently, once the process begins, it’s hard to stop. It’ll be a matter of time before they’re killing kids who are victims of abuse and have PTSD or behavioral disorders. Sweden, I believe, ended the life of a 12 year-old recently.
Ezekiel Emmanuel, one of the main architects of HusseinCare, once stated that “living 75 years is long enough.”
I saved all I could on my own, but it’ll only provide about $30k per year. Most of what we’ll depend on in retirement will come from the government in the form of Social Security, Military Retirement, and VA Disability. I want to be comfortable knowing we’ll be ok, but then I read stuff like this, coupled up with this complete cluster-phuck of an election, and I don’t feel comfortable at all. That money could be cut off at the whim of whomever is in charge. I need to trust completely in God...
Why would anyone want to serve a government/country that in the end will just outright kill you? Don’t become a vet. Let the communist “woke” die for their country instead. Spit.
The Constitution of Afghanistan was explicitly Islamic and being the fools we are the West supported that with blood and treasure. We had rotten Presidents who thought Islam was somehow good and worth defending. *Spit!*
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