Canada & Suicide: Euthansia Dressed in Euphemism and Deceit

Canada’s health-care system offers suicide to individuals who might still lead long and fulfilling lives if offered the proper care.

More than 13,000 Canadians died by euthanasia, or “provisions of MAID” (Medical Assistance in Dying) in 2022. Almost 45,000 Canadians have now been euthanized since 2015, when the supreme court of Canada legalized assisted death. Euthanasia accounts for 4.1 percent of all deaths in the country, and the rate of “provisions of MAID” is accelerating year over year. This rapid expansion is due, in part, to the passing of legislation in 2021 that expanded the eligibility for MAID to those “whose death is not reasonably foreseeable.”

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Daniel Dorman is the managing editor and director of operations at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa.

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Canada’s health-care system offers suicide to individuals who might still lead long and fulfilling lives if offered the proper care.

More than 13,000 Canadians died by euthanasia, or “provisions of MAID” (Medical Assistance in Dying) in 2022. Almost 45,000 Canadians have now been euthanized since 2015, when the supreme court of Canada legalized assisted death. Euthanasia accounts for 4.1 percent of all deaths in the country, and the rate of “provisions of MAID” is accelerating year over year. This rapid expansion is due, in part, to the passing of legislation in 2021 that expanded the eligibility for MAID to those “whose death is not reasonably foreseeable.”