[quantummagic]

Hope this makes it to people soon. Have a family friend who was diagnosed with cancer a few days ago. It was here in Canada, so they offered her assisted suicide, literally within 30 seconds after telling her she had cancer. She didn't even really process the diagnosis before they were offering to help her die. They didn't offer to try any experimental medicine.

[MagicMoonlight]

Were you actually there? Because that doesn’t sound very likely.

[zdragnar]

Not a comment on the parent post's situation, but MAID in Canada isn't quite turning out how it was promised. A recent report making a splash in certain circles pointed out that ~200 people in Ontario in 2023 got assisted suicide either the same day or the day after they filed their paperwork. The most notable case was a woman who, after submitting her paperwork, changed her mind and wanted hospice instead. However, she was denied hospice care and subsequently was put down.

Bit by bit, Canada risks defaulting to suicide over expensive care. That's not what people voted for when it was first proposed.

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MDRC-...

[theshackleford]

Uhuh. Sure.