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In Canada, euthanasia, euphemistically termed Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), has become a legally sanctioned end-of-life option since its introduction in 2016. This program allows eligible individuals suffering from grievous medical conditions to request assistance from healthcare providers to end their own lives, either through “clinician-administered” drugs or self-administered prescriptions. (more…)
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Jim Goad has produced a short video to accompany his latest essay, “Euthanizing the Homeless? It’s a Start,” on Canada’s disturbing trend of making it easier and easier for people to commit physician-assisted suicide for a wide variety of reasons. See below. (more…)
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As artificial intelligence renders everyone unemployable, financial systems collapse, and healthcare systems become overburdened, maybe the only prudent, humane, and cost-effective solution would be to kill everyone.
“One third of Canadians fine with prescribing assisted suicide for homelessness,” reads a recent headline in Canada’s National Post. “Roughly the same number told a poll they were fine with approving MAiD [Medical Assistance in Dying] for someone whose only affliction was poverty,” adds the subhead. (more…)