Canadians Forced into ‘Choosing’ Euthanasia After Being Denied Treatments
by Frank Bergman
Canada’s spiraling euthanasia system is once again under fire as heartbreaking new accounts reveal that a surging number of patients are being forced into “choosing” the government’s “assisted suicide” death program after being denied actual medical care under the nation’s collapsing socialized healthcare model.
An alarming number of Canadians are reporting that they have no other choice but to agree to be euthanized by the government, despite the supposed availability of treatments for their conditions.
As Slay News has previously reported, the government’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program is now saving tens of millions of dollars a year.
In 2024, the government saved over $136 million by euthanizing patients instead of treating them.
The latest chilling case to emerge is that of 84-year-old Cleo Gratton, a retired diamond driller from Chelmsford, Ontario.
Gratton’s story is sending shockwaves across the country.
He died earlier this month of natural causes, but only after being approved for the government’s “assisted suicide” scheme.
His family says the approval came directly after an appalling hospital experience that left him convinced death was preferable to returning to the facility.
Gratton suffered from heart disease and kidney failure.
But instead of receiving dignified care during a recent hospital stay, the CBC reports he spent a night in an emergency room, only to be transferred to a hallway on the seventh floor.
The taxpayer-funded doctors refused to give him the care he needed and convinced him that euthanasia would better serve the greater good.
“There were no lights; all the bulbs in that hallway had been completely removed,” his daughter Lynn said.
“Patients are passing by, nurses are going by, no privacy, no compassion, no dignity.”
She added that nurses had to use headlamps just to examine his feet.
The conditions were so degrading that Gratton told his family he would “rather die than go back.” Days later, he applied for MAiD — Canada’s euthanasia program now infamous for replacing care with chemical death.
Before his natural passing, Gratton pleaded with his family to expose what he endured: “Push, push, push for change… Make people aware of what’s going on.”