Man suffering from 'profound loneliness' receives MAiD

Assisted suicide for depression. Yes, this actually happened in Canada. A man in his sixties was approved for euthanasia, not because his condition was untreatable, but because he was suffering from profound loneliness.

Canada’s assisted-suicide regime is out of control.

Instead of investing in meaningful mental health care and social support, the system is increasingly offering death as a solution. -- MORE...

Canada’s assisted suicide regime was established by legislation in 2016, following its decriminalization by Carter v. Canada in 2015. It was originally justified as a narrow exception grounded in contemporaneous, voluntary, and informed consent.

Expansions of eligibility, existing and contemplated, now threaten that foundation. Proposals for “advance requests” and emerging professional discourse around “involuntary (non-consensual) euthanasia,” risk shifting end-of-life decision-making from personal autonomy to third-party judgment.

As assisted suicide becomes increasingly routine, the erosion of informed consent threatens Charter protections and human dignity. True end-of-life freedom requires strict safeguards, rejection of non-consensual death, and vastly improved access to quality palliative care. -- More...