
Ministry of Care and Companionship
Dying with Christ, Living with Hope

Did you know that MAiD in Canada is growing at a faster rate than in any other country on earth? It is estimated that 60,000 Canadians have died from MAiD since it was legalized in 2016. Most people don’t realize that the criteria that decides who is approved for MAiD were written by one judge in British Columbia.
We should be offering care, not killing

In 2023, Normand Meunier, a quadriplegic, developed bedsores because he was not given an appropriate mattress during a five-day stay in a Montréal emergency room. He then requested and was given MAiD by a lethal injection. Normand's choice for MAiD can be directly linked to the lack of adequate support for people experiencing vulnerabilities. In 2027, MAiD will be expanded to include people whose primary illness is related to mental health. The waiting period for MAiD will be three months. The current average waiting period to see a psychiatrist in Canada is 6 months.
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Since the expansion of MAiD in 2021, people with disabilities and chronic conditions are now eligible. This has caused great concern from members of the disability community because they feel that by amending the law, Canadian society is saying that some lives are not worth living. Last week, two prominent disability groups brought a lawsuit against the government asking the court to reverse a law which allowed MAiD for people with a disability.