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One in four Canadians supports euthanasia on grounds of poverty
Unherd (Canada) ^ | 2023-05-09 | JAMES BILLOT

Posted on 05/09/2023 8:39:07 AM PDT by Salman

Over a quarter of Canadians believe that people should have access to euthanasia because of poverty, a new survey has found.

Currently, Canada’s federal guidelines for medical assistance in dying include having a grievous and irremediable medical condition, making a voluntary request for medical assistance in dying that is not the result of outside pressure or influence, and giving informed consent to receive medical assistance in dying.

But according to research by Research CO., a Canada-based public opinion researcher, over a quarter of the country would be content with a further loosening of the rules. Among Canadians, 27% believe that medical assistance in dying should be extended to people in poverty — a figure that rose to 41% among those aged 18-34 — while 28% agreed that assistance should be offered on the grounds of homelessness, 43% for mental illness, and 50% for being disabled.

Since Canada legalised euthanasia in 2016, the country has gone on to become one of the most permissive euthanasia regimes in the world. In 2021, the Canadian parliament enacted Bill C-7, a sweeping euthanasia law which repealed a requirement that only those suffering from a terminal illness whose natural death was “reasonably foreseeable” could request euthanasia. Now, anyone suffering from an illness or disability which “cannot be relieved under conditions that you consider acceptable” can freely use medical assistance in dying.

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TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: prolife
Yet another euthanasia expansion in the works. Emphasis added.

Too poor? Then die!

It's all so "progressive" you know.

1 posted on 05/09/2023 8:39:07 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Must be worried about the illegal immigrants headed their way. I guess that’s one way of dealing with the issue.

It’s the liberal form of empathy. You’re only allowed to be alive if you’re rich . . .


2 posted on 05/09/2023 8:43:08 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: Salman
Two Canadian Political Parties, "liberal", "new (Un-)Democrats" , atheists all...

I guess these two partys want to find a way to lower taxes...
3 posted on 05/09/2023 8:46:58 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: Salman

who defines “poverty”; where does the line end?


4 posted on 05/09/2023 8:58:48 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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The definition is anyone who disagrees with Trudeau and his party


5 posted on 05/09/2023 9:06:02 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Salman

Canada is a post-modern hellscape. they have accelerated on the scale of wokeness, anti-white racism, post-modernism, atheism and materialism.

Soyboy Justin is considerate a moderate in that world.


6 posted on 05/09/2023 9:07:15 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Salman

I support euthanizing one in four Canadians for a poverty of human feelings.


7 posted on 05/09/2023 9:08:02 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Salman

Hey, how about that end for old folks? Coming soon? You know, not from an overdose of drugs but denying them of essential medical care to keep them alive.


8 posted on 05/09/2023 9:13:03 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Salman

Canuckistan is lost.


9 posted on 05/09/2023 9:13:58 AM PDT by ChuckHam
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To: Salman

Uh… have they considered helping as many people as possible escape poverty? Maybe try to have a business friendly environment and reasonable cost of living?

Maybe, just maybe, value human life? Jesus said something about us loving one another as he loved us, so you must love one another. Hmmm… doesn’t sound like he was being conditional on a person’s income or net worth.

Canada, I liked you better when you were a lot less insane.


10 posted on 05/09/2023 9:22:06 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good By Ellen)
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To: Salman

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4151580/posts

😲💉


11 posted on 05/09/2023 9:36:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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I think Canadians should be forcefully euthanized from the richest to the poorest. Anyone with anything to do politically to the head of the line. Is 50 a day enough?


12 posted on 05/09/2023 9:45:16 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: Salman

If we euthanize the poor and the wrongthinkers, we can achieve socialist utopia. /Canada


13 posted on 05/09/2023 9:48:33 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Salman

When asked if she supported euthanasia, VP Kamala Harris replied: “of course I do. I love all children, especially oriental kids”.


14 posted on 05/09/2023 9:52:52 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: Salman

are they gonna gather them up in cars like Soylent Green?


15 posted on 05/09/2023 10:04:56 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: MCSETots

Can I identify poor?

If you pay no taxes you are poor. I think this solves more than one problem.


16 posted on 05/09/2023 10:05:26 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: PIF

White people?


17 posted on 05/09/2023 10:15:47 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: Made In The USA
Thanos finds Canada's policy enlightened but insufficient.


18 posted on 05/09/2023 10:26:17 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: Salman

Because libtards care 💀


19 posted on 05/09/2023 10:54:26 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: Salman

The final solution.


20 posted on 05/09/2023 10:57:12 AM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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