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say what you want, but this is a western idea. soviet union didn’t kill elderly or sick. same goes for China.
Canadians received some much needed good news two days ago, when the New York Post ran a story headlined, “Canada halts controversial assisted suicide program for mentally ill due to lack of doctors willing to participate.”
Canada shocked the world last year when its parliament passed an expansion of its already-liberal and Orwellian assisted suicide law (euphemistically called “MAiD”), extending government-sponsored killing to people with “grievous and irremediable” mental health problems like depression.
Depressed people was the original reason most folks opposed assisted suicide. For some reason, there’s a thought that people who are down in the dumps might be more and unfairly susceptible to government marketing schemes. But Trudeau’s government now agrees with depressed people: there’s no use in going on.
Maybe the whole Canadian government is depressed. There’s a program for that now.
Anyway, the newly-expanded program was supposed to take effect this year on March 17th, but apparently the Canadian government ran into a depressing snag: too few doctors — specifically, too few psychiatrists — were signing up for the financially-lucrative program.
The launch has been indefinitely postponed. They pulled the plug on it. Canadians, you just got a gift: some more time to get the government-sponsored death train off the tracks. So get busy. And stay happy! If they notice you are getting too depressed about their death maids, you never know what could happen next. It’s a vicious circle.
A doctor approved Les Landry's application for medical assistance in dying, despite him saying poverty is a major factor in the decision to end his own life
Landry, 65, awaits verdict of second doctor who visited his home on Wednesday
Landry says if the second approval isn't given, he will 'shop' for another doctor willing to sign it off - something that's legal under Canada's euthanasia laws
He said benefit cuts mean 'sooner or later I just won't be able to afford to live'
Shocking case lays bare the relaxed approach to euthanasia in Canada, where experts say 'choosing to die is more accessible' than support for disabled people