Canada Defence Vets with PTSD offered assisted death
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So we had the sad case of the young lady in Belgium who went through with assisted death due to PTSD from the Brussels airport bombing: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Canada is following the same progressive path. Eager to get cracking on cleansing problematic folk from society it seems that their armed forces veterans are being offered the Canadian flavour of assisted death - tastefully called MAiD (Medical Assistance In Dying) for the treatment of PTSD.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-maid-rcm...
https://wng.org/sift/canadian-veteran-offered-assi...
The second article gives a simple summation of the laws in Canda:
Canada is following the same progressive path. Eager to get cracking on cleansing problematic folk from society it seems that their armed forces veterans are being offered the Canadian flavour of assisted death - tastefully called MAiD (Medical Assistance In Dying) for the treatment of PTSD.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-maid-rcm...
https://wng.org/sift/canadian-veteran-offered-assi...
The second article gives a simple summation of the laws in Canda:
article said:
What are Canada’s euthanasia laws? Canada legalized euthanasia for terminally ill people in 2016. In 2021, it expanded the laws to allow MAiD for people with “grievous and irremediable” conditions that aren’t terminal. On March 17, 2023, Canada will expand MAiD to include people whose sole condition is related to their mental health.
"Eager to get cracking on cleansing problematic folk from society it seems that their armed forces veterans are being offered the Canadian flavour of assisted death - tastefully called MAiD (Medical Assistance In Dying) for the treatment of PTSD."
It says nothing of the sort. The article very clearly states that it shouldn't have happened and has prompted an investigation.
It says nothing of the sort. The article very clearly states that it shouldn't have happened and has prompted an investigation.There's been plenty of discussions on here over the years that have called for more options for end of life care.
PTSD for service personnel does seem cold (if what is being suggested is actually true).
But in principle, a route for terminally ill or utterly debilitating conditions does seem worth considering.
PTSD for service personnel does seem cold (if what is being suggested is actually true).
But in principle, a route for terminally ill or utterly debilitating conditions does seem worth considering.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/woman-euthana...
As you'd expect there's an eager bunch of bureaucrats waiting in the wings to approach your journey to the afterlife. Turns out it's a great way to make up for a shortfall in medical services. Give it a couple of years and the government will need X numbers to pull the pin early due to budget constraints.
https://nationalpost.com/news/singh-threatens-to-p...
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/medicare-cana...
MAiD apparently represents 3% of deaths in Canada. Obviously some of that three percent will be folk who would have died in the very immediate future and the secret is in the classification of the death, but there'd have to be some in there that met their end before they were due. The rules on MAiD will soon be relaxed so you can top yourself, with the assistance of the State, for more rudimentary things like "mental illness".
As you'd expect there's an eager bunch of bureaucrats waiting in the wings to approach your journey to the afterlife. Turns out it's a great way to make up for a shortfall in medical services. Give it a couple of years and the government will need X numbers to pull the pin early due to budget constraints.
https://nationalpost.com/news/singh-threatens-to-p...
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/medicare-cana...
MAiD apparently represents 3% of deaths in Canada. Obviously some of that three percent will be folk who would have died in the very immediate future and the secret is in the classification of the death, but there'd have to be some in there that met their end before they were due. The rules on MAiD will soon be relaxed so you can top yourself, with the assistance of the State, for more rudimentary things like "mental illness".
rodericb said:
That's something that out of context I'd have assumed was a side bit in a dystopian movie.One again the ability of people to take concepts you thought you'd support and I guess through lack of clear definition turn them into something abhorrent is laid bare.
MAiD in the news again. Maybe drinkers will soon be offered the easy way out?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11548029/...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11611095/...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64004329
In reading a bit about it lately the various news agencies put their own spin on it. Some seem a bit revolted by it, others seem enthusiastic about the possibilities MAiD can provide....
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11548029/...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11611095/...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64004329
In reading a bit about it lately the various news agencies put their own spin on it. Some seem a bit revolted by it, others seem enthusiastic about the possibilities MAiD can provide....
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