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In 2021, assisted suicide through Canada\u2019s Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) regime killed more people than\u00a0<\/span>chronic liver disease\/cirrhosis (4,173) and Alzheimer\u2019s disease (5,743) in 2020 <\/span>combined<\/span><\/a>. In all, a shocking 10,064 people<\/strong> died by assisted suicide in 2021 in Canada. If it weren\u2019t for the<\/span> recommendation<\/span><\/a> that the underlying disease be listed on the death certificate, MAiD would likely hold the slot for the seventh leading cause of death in Canada, above diabetes (7,566) and the flu (5,931).<\/span><\/p>\n

Today in Canada, adults with a serious illness, disease, or disability can utilize MAiD, which is a very permissive euthanasia\/assisted suicide regime <\/span>even by <\/span>international standards<\/span><\/a>. The law is set to expand even further in March of 2023 as the \u201cbarrier\u201d of mental fitness to access MAiD is <\/span>removed<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some Canadian officials have expressed surprise and outrage over recent revelations that people with disabilities have been <\/span>disproportionately affected<\/span><\/a> by the push for MAiD. Euthanasia and assisted suicide opponents \u2014 like <\/span>Alex Schadenberg<\/span><\/a> of Euthanasia Prevention Coalition,<\/span> and Tim Stainton, director of the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship at the University of British Columbia \u2014 have also been sounding the alarm. In an Associated Press <\/span>article<\/span><\/a>, Stainton described Canada\u2019s law as \u201cprobably the biggest existential threat to disabled people since the Nazis\u2019 program in Germany in the 1930s.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Official reports of the 10,064 deaths by assisted suicide in 2021<\/span>\u00a0are likely <\/span>much <\/span>lower<\/span><\/a> than the actual number<\/span> of assisted suicide and euthanasia deaths. But even accepting the raw numbers as accurate, <\/span>10,064<\/span>\u00a0individuals represent\u00a0<\/span>3.3%<\/span><\/a> of all deaths in Canada and <\/span>a one-third increase<\/span><\/a> of deaths by MAiD<\/span> since 2020. Many expect this number to exponentially grow.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

“There’s going to be a rush for the doors,”<\/span> said<\/a> Mitchell Tremblay, a 40-year-old man who has struggled with severe depression since he was a teen as well as anxiety, alcoholism, personality disorders, and suicidal thoughts. He is unable to work and therefore lives in poverty on a disability payment of less than $1,200 a month. He is looking forward to MAiD\u2019s expansion in March.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“You know what your life is worth to you. And mine is worthless,” he said. Canada will kill Tremblay rather than cover the costs of providing him with real medical care. A 2020 Canadian report<\/a> stated that assisted suicide represents \u201ca net reduction in cost of $86.9 million\u201d for the government. It concluded that \u201cexpanding access<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0to MAID will result in a net reduction in\u00a0health care costs for the provincial governments.\u201d (emphasis added)<\/p>\n

Psychiatrist John Maher told CTV News<\/a> that he had a patient request suicide because he felt no one would ever love him.\u00a0He explained that \u201cthe wait times for our treatment programs in Ontario are up to five years” and added, “There are cycles of illness… Some of it’s up and down. It might be years. And then there’s a burst of illness and suffering that we then take care of.” He opposes MAiD for mental illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’re assisting someone in the completion of their suicide. The doctor is the sanitized gun,” he said. He noted that he is very concerned that the legislation requires a doctor to determine if a patient with mental illness is incurable \u2014\u00a0which he feels is impossible to determine.<\/p>\n

Assisted suicide has been legalized in several U.S. states and there is a great push among advocates for its expansion. Many fear that any \u201cprotections\u201d legislators add to the proposed legislation, such as \u201cmental fitness,” will also be re-classified someday as \u201cbarriers\u201d and lead to a similar <\/span>dystopian human crisis<\/span><\/a> to that being <\/span>experienced<\/span><\/a> in Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2021, assisted suicide through Canada\u2019s Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) regime killed more people than\u00a0chronic liver disease\/cirrhosis (4,173) and Alzheimer\u2019s disease (5,743) in 2020 combined. In all, a shocking 10,064 people died by assisted suicide in 2021 in Canada. 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