Alarming Number of Citizens Euthanized by Canadian Government Are Poor

Canadians who live in the poorest areas are being euthanized by the government at a disproportionate rate, official statistics have revealed.

The alarming statistics were revealed in a report from the Ontario Coroner’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Death Review Committee.

According to the report, over 40 percent of those euthanized in Ontario live in the poorest parts of the province.

However, other reports say only 20 percent of the population lives in these regions.

The new statistics suggest that Ontario’s poorest are more likely to opt for euthanasia than those who are financially secure.

The report divides the cases into Track 1 euthanasia deaths and Track 2 deaths

Track 1 is when euthanasia is given to those whose death is reasonably foreseeable, such as a terminally ill cancer patient.

Track 2 is when a person is euthanized even if their death is not reasonably foreseeable.

41% of Track 1 deaths and 48% of Track 2 deaths were of people living in Ontario’s poorest neighborhoods.

However, when accounting for “age and labor-force participation” as “measures of disadvantage,” the Death Review Committee report found that 57% of Track 2 requests came from the poorest in society, while 42% of Track 1 requests were from the same sector. 

Interestingly, this statistic is not found in other countries.

Data from the Netherlands and Oregon found that “death under the (Oregon Death with Dignity Act) was associated with having health insurance and with high educational status, both indirect indicators of affluence.” 

However, in Canada, poverty has become a driving factor among those who end their lives via MAiD.

Indeed, the Death Review Committee report is only the latest document to confirm the growing number of Canadians choosing to end their lives, at least in part, because they are poor.

First introduced in 2016 by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, MAiD was initially only available to those who were terminally ill.

However, in 2021, Trudeau’s government expanded the deadly practice to be available to those who are not at risk of death but who suffer from chronic illness. 

Now, Trudeau’s euthanasia regime has apparently created a culture of death and eugenics by expanding the “assisted suicide” program to include as many burdensome citizens as possible.

Canadians suffering from mental health issues, homelessness, loneliness, disabilities, vaccine injuries, or even hearing loss are now being euthanized by the Canadian government.

In Canada, as poor or suffering Canadians increasingly feel that their lives are worthless and they are a burden to society.

In one case, a Nova Scotia grandmother revealed that doctors repeatedly offered her euthanasia while she underwent cancer treatment, making her feel as though she was “better off dead.”  

“I felt like a problem that needed to be [gotten] rid of instead of a patient in need of treatment,” she said.

“I don’t want to be asked if I want to die.”   

Similarly, in May, a Canadian man said he felt “completely traumatized” and violated when doctors tried to railroad him into MAiD “multiple times” instead of providing him with the proper care he needed while in the hospital.  

Additionally, last month, internal documents found that poverty and loneliness are two popular reasons Canadians are choosing euthanasia.

Some doctors now say they are feeling uneasy about the morality of the deadly practice. 

Wait times in the country’s socialized healthcare have ballooned nationwide under the Trudeau government.

The average wait hit an all-time high of 27.7 weeks.

While access to real care continues to be limited, Trudeau and his government have instead worked to expand MAiD thirteen-fold since it was legalized.

MAiD has now become the fastest-growing euthanasia program in the world.    

The most recent reports show that MAiD is the sixth highest cause of death in Canada.

However, it was not listed as such in Statistics Canada’s top 10 leading causes of death from 2019 to 2022.    

When asked why MAiD was left off the list, the agency said that it records the illnesses that led Canadians to choose to end their lives via euthanasia, not the actual cause of death, as the primary cause of death.   

According to a Health Canada report, in 2022, 13,241 Canadians died by MAiD lethal injections.

This accounts for 4.1 percent of all deaths in the country for that year, a 31.2 percent increase from 2021.

Another recent report appeared to shed some light on the government’s motivations to expand MAiD.

As Slay News reported, a study revealed that the Canadian government’s socialized healthcare system is saving millions of dollars a year by euthanizing patients instead of treating them.

The study found that Canada’s healthcare system saves up to $136.8 million annually thanks to the government’s MAiD program.

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