Tom Mortier can now rest assured that though he was unable to stop his mother’s euthanasia, he has vindicated her right to life in the face of a system that failed her.
On October 4th, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of Mortier in his claim that Belgium had failed to protect his mother’s life by allowing her to be euthanised, ADF International said in a press release.
Since the government expanded the eligibility for assisted death last year to include those with disabilities, critics have been saying there should be more checks and balances.
CALGARY, Alberta — The first time Cheryl Romaire tried to end her life under Canada’s assisted suicide law, her application was rejected. But after a loosening of the law, she received approval to end her life — and she now intends to do just that.
“It felt like a weight had been lifted off my chest,” Ms. Romaire said recently, as one of her cats and a dog competed for her attention at her apartment in Calgary, Alberta.
Many leftists tout Canada’s socialized healthcare system as something America should emulate, claiming government-run healthcare is more humane. But it seems Canadian officials are more interested in urging doctors to help patients to kill themselves than to treat them.
America’s neighbor to the north has some of the most permissive euthanasia laws in the world. Canada’s medical assistance in dying laws allow almost anyone who can claim some form of hardship or disability to receive physician-assisted suicide, regardless of how minor those disabilities might be.
For a profession that purports to believe in a principle of “do no harm,” the modern medical community seems to perpetually undermine legitimate healthcare. Physicians under the sway of Hegelian ethics — whatever solves a problem on a practical level must be moral, as no action on its own is right or wrong — propose harmful (or lethal) remedies to accomplish a desired end.
Canada is widely seen as one of the world’s most progressive nations in the world, “leading the way” (depending on where you stand) on a variety of social issues. But in recent months, Canada has been garnering some less than savoury international attention because of the dark side of one of its recent progressive accomplishments, namely the assisted suicide regime that has been created since the Supreme Court struck down prohibitions on assisted suicide in 2015. The tragic situation that has developed in Canada offers a warning to other countries considering going down a similar path, both to be cautious about opening the assisted suicide floodgates and about empowering judges to decide whether such things should be allowed.
As Democrats celebrate the passage of a bill that will entrench the government in our healthcare, our neighbors to the north provide a chilling example of the effects of socialized medicine. A recent Associated Press expose about the culture of death within Canada’s single-payer system shows how putting the government in charge of healthcare leads to the devaluing of human life, particularly the most vulnerable.
The Associated Press noted that Canada has some of the loosest and most permissive laws on euthanasia in the entire world.
Veterans Affairs says worker ‘inappropriately’ discussed medically assisted death with veteran
A Canadian Forces veteran seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury was shocked when he was unexpectedly and casually offered medical assistance in dying by a Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) employee, sources tell Global News.
Sources say a VAC service agent brought up medical assistance in dying, or MAID, unprompted in the conversation with the veteran. Global News is not identifying the veteran who was seeking treatment.
At no point does it seem to have occurred to anyone that giving the government strong financial incentive to want you dead was a bad idea.
More Canadians are ending their lives with a medically-assisted death, says the third federal annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAID). Data shows that 10,064 people died in 2021 with medical aid, an increase of 32 per cent over 2020.
The report says that 3.3 per cent of all deaths in Canada in 2021 were assisted deaths. On a provincial level, the rate was higher in provinces such as Quebec, at 4.7 per cent, and British Columbia, at 4.8 per cent.
Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law is the most permissive euthanasia and assisted-suicide legislation in the world.
According to an article published this month in the Toronto Sun, “the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights have all warned our Canadian government that our MAiD law will lead to human rights violations.”
Is euthanasia the ‘unspoken solution to the problem of an aging population promised ‘free’ and unlimited health care?’
…Euthanasia activists and the media have been incredibly successful in glorifying euthanasia. Something that was until recently criminal has suddenly become accepted as a default moral position.
One advocate says, “If you can’t practise medicine because you can’t do an effective (euthanasia) referral, then you shouldn’t be in medicine.” Another believes it’s a doctor’s duty to do whatever is legal and that the practitioner’s independent thoughts about what is best for the patient have no place in health care.
Can you think of any societies in our recent history where this sort of thinking went awry?
Our message is ‘Do not come around us suggesting euthanasia’ when we are in a vulnerable, defenseless position.
Canadians appear uncertain about extending medical assistance in dying to children or those with a mental disorder, according to a new poll that suggests the public is not as galvanized around MAID as the government looks to broaden eligibility.
Struggling with housing or inflation? Waiting in pain for a hip replacement in “the world’s greatest health-care system”?
If you can’t live with dignity in Canada, take comfort that you can die with ostensible dignity.
In our endeavour to maximize individual liberty, euthanasia has become an inalienable Canadian right.
Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law is already the most permissive euthanasia and assisted-suicide legislation in the world.
Can we “volunteer” Trudeau? Our euthanasia legislation seems to be morphing into eugenics.
