Justin Trudeau’s days are numbered as prime minister of Canada, but his troubling legacy will live on. In 2016, Trudeau introduced physician-assisted suicide to our northern neighbors. Today, every 4 out of 100 deaths are at the hands of doctors, legally.
Originally just for the terminally ill, in 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 social upheaval, the Canadian legislature expanded the eligibility of Medical Aid In Dying, or MAID, to those with a “serious and incurable illness, disease, or disability; be in an advanced state of irreversible decline in capability; or have enduring and intolerable physical or psychological suffering that cannot be alleviated under conditions the person considers acceptable.”
Unfortunately, Canada is not alone. A push to pass physician-assisted suicide bills has accelerated in the last few years as New Zealand, Austria, and…
