Canadians Rise Up Against Government’s Plan to Euthanize Mentally Ill Citizens

by Frank Bergman

The Canadian government’s plan to soon begin euthanizing citizens suffering from mental illness is facing a growing uprising from the public, conservative lawmakers, and concerned doctors.

The major backlash is swelling amid growing outrage over how vulnerable citizens, including veterans, are being railroaded into cheap “assisted suicide” instead of more expensive care.

A Conservative MP’s bill to stop Canada’s next planned expansion of assisted suicide is now rapidly gaining momentum, with support from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC).

During a press conference in Ottawa, the EPC warned that Canada’s euthanasia program, officially called “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD), has already gone far beyond its original intent.

Campaigners are arguing that it must not be expanded to people suffering from mental illness.

“Our takeaway message is this,” said Gordon Friesen, EPC president.

“No euthanasia for mental illness.”

Friesen said MAiD was initially intended for terminally ill people who “were dying” after exhausting all treatment options and could “freely choose.”

But he argued those safeguards have been eroded.

“Unfortunately, all of those promises have been broken,” Friesen said.

“What fuels support for MAiD is not that people believe that some patients should die, but because they can make free, informed, competent, and adult choices,” he added.

“Euthanasia for the mentally ill does not fit that description.

“For the symptoms of mental illness often make that sort of choice impossible.”

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Among the speakers was Canadian Forces combat veteran Kelsi Sheren.