My husband and I recently updated our wills and medical powers of attorney due to recent changes in our family dynamics. We had to make sure we both understood what the other would want in terms of medical care if we couldn’t bounce back from a debilitating injury or illness.
Everyone should have these conversations at some point in their lives to make sure their wishes are clear and to make the decision-making process as easy as possible for family members who may need to speak on their behalf. Unfortunately, our northern neighbors have taken the right to a dignified death to a new level, which is frightening.
In a real-time example of what too much liberalism can do to a nation, Canada is showing the world how they treat people with disabilities, veterans and mental illness.
Now that many in our country have touted the greatness of Canada’s medical and government system, we need to pay attention to what lies ahead in the not-so-distant dystopian future.
After assisted suicide was legalized in Canada, many critically ill patients were actually forced into “voluntary” euthanasia because of health care costs, or even hospitals simply refusing to treat them.
Euthanasia is now the sixth leading cause of death in Canada. pic.twitter.com/oqY3H6npuB
β Possum Reviews (@ReviewsPossum) August 14, 2022
Could you just die?
Last week Canadian Army Veteran and Paralympian Christine Gauthier produced shocking testimonials to parliament about her experience installing a wheelchair lift in her home.
She had been trying to have her wheelchair lift installed by the Canadian Veterans Affairs (VAC) since 2017 and, after many frustrating delays, had pushed the VAC to provide the care she needed.
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Sounds similar to our Veterans Affairs. When dealing with the VAC, the counselor told her:
“Ma’am, if you are really that desperate, we can now give you medical help when you die.”
Think about that for a second. Instead of doing her job and finding a way to get a wheelchair lift into this veteran’s home so she could move around with dignity, she was offered dead.
Ms Gauthier told parliament:
“I was like, ‘I can’t believe you’re giving me an injection to help me die, but you’re not giving me the resources I need to help me live.'”
A government investigation found that at least four other Canadian veterans had been offered suicide by their Veterans Affairs Department. So much for honoring those who serve.
One of Canada’s best-known fashion retailers, La Maison Simons of Quebec, has launched an advertising campaign based on euthanasia.
They want you to kill yourself now. Ultimate marketing. What a time this is. Unreal. pic.twitter.com/0qDuMLUECU
β Henrik Palmgren πΈπͺ π α (@Henrik_Palmgren) November 28, 2022
The law
Euthanasia has been legal in Canada for terminally ill Canadians since 2016. Last year it was extended to people with long-term disabilities, where the most controversy seems to exist.
Last year 3% of deaths in Canada were attributed to euthanasia, costing 10,000 Canadians. The law is expected to be further expanded next year.
In 2023, a new bill will come into effect allowing people with mental illness to receive euthanasia. Let that sink in for a while.
Do you suffer from depression? Perhaps you would rather die than undergo mental health treatment.
Yes, that seems like an excellent option to provide for someone dealing with a mental illness that is already leading to suicidal thoughts.
Are you a veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
Why don’t you let the government kill you? After all, no more nightmares, no more trying to cope with your new life; just let the Canadian medical community lead you to the sweet redemption of death. Good god, Canucks, what happened to you?
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There is even talk of allowing “adult” minors to opt for euthanasia if they meet the qualifications of terminal illness, disability or mental illness without parental consent. Let’s go ahead and look at this clown show as an example of how to run a country.
2016 – Legalization of euthanasia in Canada for the terminally ill.
2021 β Legalization of euthanasia for people without a terminal illness.
2022 – Legalization of euthanasia under consideration for infants.
Typical example of the proverbial slippery slope.
β Mattea Merta (@MatteaMerta) November 30, 2022
A convenient solution
This law would not exist if it were not for a contingent of supporters. The group Dying with Dignity in Canada is one of the more outspoken supporters, and she claim these laws are:
βDriven by compassion, an end to suffering and discrimination and a desire for personal autonomy.β
An end to discrimination? They can be assumed to refer to discrimination on the basis of disability.
As a country, why not try to make life easier for people with disabilities in your country, instead of offering death as the solution? Well, probably because it’s easier.
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Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta Heidi Janz explains:
“A person with a disability in Canada has to jump through so many hoops to get support that it can often be enough to tip the scales towards euthanasia.”
It seems to me that the Canadian government finds it easier to get rid of people with disabilities than to fix the broken system that is meant to help them.
Head of the Human Rights Commission Marie-Claude Landry highlights this notion:
“Euthanasia cannot be a standard for Canada’s failure to fulfill its human rights obligations.”
It really seems that Canada’s euthanasia policy proves those who say euthanasia is a slippery slope are 100% right
β Douglas Rooney (@Doug_rooney) December 4, 2022
Looking In The Mirror
There has been a lot of talk lately about civilized discourse and governments. Canada is known for its liberal policies and I would say it is considered a ‘civilized’ country.
However, their drive for “death with dignity” seems more like a prologue to some futuristic dystopian novel. Tim Stainton, director of the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship at the University of British Columbia, has one interesting comparison, citing this euthanasia law is:
“probably the greatest existential threat to the disabled since the Nazi program in Germany in the 1930s.”
That may be the best invocation of Nazi Germany I’ve heard in a long time. So you might ask, why should we care about what happens on the other side of our northern border?
My answer to you would be, aside from the obvious drive from the left in our own country for a more liberal government like Canada, to look at how we treat our disabled veterans in this country.
How many American veterans have chosen to commit suicide because our broken VA has not provided the help they need and are entitled to?
How easy it would be to slowly, through small legislative measures, get rid of those of us who are disabled than to actually take care of us. When a government begins to weigh up which lives are worth living and which are not, you are just one step away from a dark future.
“While the rest of the world is horrified by Canada’s euthanasia, … euthanasia advocates will continue to sell it as something progressive, cool and modern – rather than a cost-cutting measure that frees up hospital beds, by the least convenient in society.”
β Isabel Grant (@igrantubc) December 3, 2022
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