{"id":281083,"date":"2022-12-08T06:44:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=281083"},"modified":"2022-12-06T22:29:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T04:29:59","slug":"canadian-veteran-offered-euthanasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/canadian-veteran-offered-euthanasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian government offered veteran euthanasia instead of a wheelchair ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A veteran and Paralympian asked the Canadian government for help in making her home more accessible. Instead, she was offered the chance to die.<\/p>\n

Christine Gauthier, a retired corporal in the Canadian military,\u00a0recently testified<\/a> that the Department of Veterans Affairs offered her in writing the “opportunity” to undergo euthanasia. Gauthier had also competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and in the Invictus Games. All she had asked for was a wheelchair ramp.<\/p>\n

“With respect to me, I have a letter in my file, because I had to face that as well,” said Gauthier, referring to the debate about veterans being offered the option of medical assistance in dying (MAiD). She told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), “I sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and that they [Veterans Affairs] offered me MAID and would supply equipment.”<\/p>\n

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My piece for @GlobalNational<\/a> on former Paralympian and retired corporal Christine Gauthier, who says a Veterans Affairs Canada case manager offered her a medically-assisted death in 2019. https:\/\/t.co\/KFpDVYeogK<\/a><\/p>\n

— Marney Blunt (@MarneyBlunt) December 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n