
SICK: Canada Offers Veteran and Former Paralympian Assisted Suicide When She Asks for a Stairlift
By Jim Hoft
A Canadian veteran and former Paralympian said last week before a parliamentary committee that she was offered help with suicide when she asked for a wheelchair lift to be installed in her home.
Retired Corporal Christine Gauthier, 52, who competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, revealed to the committee on Thursday that a caseworker from the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) had offered to provide her with a medically-assisted suicide kit, according to Fox News.
The event happened during a phone call to VAC, where Gauthier described her deteriorating health condition.
“I have a letter saying that if you’re so desperate, madam, we can offer you MAID, medical assistance in dying,” Gauthier said in a hearing before the House of Commons Veterans Affairs Committee.