While some decry Canada's MAID (Medically Assistance In Dying) program as the biggest existential threat to disabled people since Nazi Germany, others point to budgetary savings that the program is offering.
The program continues to expand at an accelerated rate. People who were not dying were eligible for the treatment starting 2021, and those suffering from mental health conditions are eligible for the program starting April 2024. The Parliament is investigating whether children ("mature minors") deserve the right to MAID as well. Initial reports suggest that it may be our moral imperative to offer them the gift of choice. (p.54-p61)[https://www.parl.ca/Content/Committee/441/AMAD/Reports/RP12234766/amadrp02/amadrp02-e.pdf]
4.1% of all deaths in Canada were attributed to the program in 2022 and the expansion only continues.
Being allowed to die when you choose is fine and good but good goddamn it should not exist in a neoliberal system that'll end up socially murdering all the non-productives and the neurodivergent.
Medically assisted suicide is something I fully support, but capitalism always does find a way to make things fucked up.
I can't tell if this is for real. Even that document reads like an elaborate, academic shitpost.
What do you mean? Declarations such as "Health Canada recognizes the importance of meaningful engagement and ongoing dialogue with Indigenous peoples to support culturally safe implementation of MAID." and "incarcerated persons should have the same access to healthcare, including MAID, as those living in the community" are completely normal and not at all alarming coming from the parliament.
I'm morbidly curious as to how far Canada will push euthanasia as a total percentage of all deaths. 10%? 20%? 30? I think 10% will be easily surpassed considering the rising trend and the aggressive expansionary plans of the Canadian government. I don't like making Nazi comparison since it's overdone, but the whole document reads like a Nazi committee note coated in inclusive language.
The entire document is just talking about how to expand and expedite the process so that physically disabled people, mentally disabled people, LGBTQ, ill children, indigenous people, people with dementia, impoverished people, and incarcerated individuals (all specifically mentioned in the document) have quick access to MAID. For example, allowing people to pre-sign their deaths before dementia since they might have trouble consenting after they have dementia.
The list looks pretty familiar except Jewish people and communists aren't mentioned yet.
