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Canadian Veteran Offered Assisted Suicide After Asking for Wheelchair Help
The National Catholic Register ^ | 12/5/22 | Joe Bukuras

Posted on 12/06/2022 7:12:37 PM PST by marshmallow

Christine Gauthier testified before Canada’s House of Commons veterans committee last week that she was shocked when she was offered assisted suicide as a solution to her suffering.

A former Paralympian who served in the Canadian military contacted Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) in 2019 to ask for a home wheelchair lift to help her maneuver her home more easily. 

Christine Gauthier testified before Canada’s House of Commons veterans committee last week that she was shocked when the VAC employee offered her assisted suicide as a solution to her suffering.

Gauthier told the MPs that she has fought for wheelchair accommodation for five years, according to CBC.ca

“I have a letter saying that if you’re so desperate, madam, we can offer you MAID, medical assistance in dying,” Gauthier said, according to the outlet. She agreed to provide a copy of the letter to the MPs, the outlet reported.

“I was like, ‘I can’t believe that you will … give me an injection to help me die, but you will not give me the tools I need to help me live,’” Gauthier said in a Dec. 2 interview with Global News.

“It was really shocking to hear that kind of comment.”

Gauthier served in the heavy artillery section of the Canadian Army and was severely injured in a training accident in 1995, according to CanoeICF.com. Her back, knees and hips took heavy damage after a jump into a trench, and she underwent a series of surgeries, but to no avail. She has competed in several paralympic sports, including para ice hockey, para nordic skiing and para canoe sprinting.

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1 posted on 12/06/2022 7:12:37 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Evil scum bags.


2 posted on 12/06/2022 7:18:36 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: marshmallow

Soon to be involuntary.


3 posted on 12/06/2022 7:19:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: marshmallow

That’s very bad customer service!


4 posted on 12/06/2022 7:50:52 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: marshmallow

Well at least the Death Panels that Sarah Palin was worried about will never happen!

Oh Wait...


5 posted on 12/06/2022 10:01:42 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: marshmallow

The apparatchiks have been given an assisted suicide hammer so all problems look like nails.


6 posted on 12/06/2022 10:53:06 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: marshmallow

And who has been the leaders of Canada since her accident?

Two Marxists and their red whores Castro/communist Cuba loving wives, that’s who.


7 posted on 12/06/2022 11:13:40 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Wally_Kalbacken
That’s very bad customer service!

"Press '1' if you would like to be euthanized. Press '2' if you would like to speak to a help desk service representative in Bangalore whom we hired yesterday and who has barely had time to familiarize herself with our 2-page script. Press '3' if you would like to be euthanized. Press '4' if you would like to learn more about Medically Assisted Suicide. Press '5' if..."

Regards,

8 posted on 12/07/2022 12:14:00 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Canada offered assisted suicide to a Paralympian veteran who wanted a wheelchair lift installed: report
Fox News ^ | December 4, 2022 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 12/6/2022, 10:34:45 PM by george76

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4114397/posts

Former paralympian tells MPs veterans department offered her assisted death [Canada offered to euthanize a veteran after she said she still hadn’t gotten a wheelchair ramp 5 years after requesting it]

12/03/2022 11:39:15 AM PST · by grundle · 31 replies
Canadian Broadcast Corporation ^ | December 1, 2022 | Murray Brewster

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4113682/posts

Disabled Canadian Army veteran Paralympian blasts government for offering to EUTHANIZE her when she complained about how long it was taking to install stairlift at her home

12/03/2022 7:45:19 AM PST · by DFG · 32 replies
UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/03/2022 | Keith Griffith

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4113637/posts


9 posted on 12/07/2022 7:58:35 AM PST by Paal Gulli
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