Thousands of depressed or lonely Canadians are being encouraged to opt for State euthanasia as a treatment, according to new data released by the Trudeau regime.
According to data published by Health Canada on December 11 in its fifth annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAiD), a whopping 15,342 Canadians were forced to take euthanasia in 2023.
Infowars.com reports: A total of 14,721 of these deaths were in cases where illness or disability were likely down the road or considered reasonably foreseeable. These are called Track 1 MAiD deaths.
However, 662 deaths were people who were not dying. Of these Track 2 deaths, 47.1 % cited as reasons for wanting to die isolation or loneliness. By comparison, about 21.1% of Track 1 deaths reported the same feelings for wanting to die by doctor-led suicide.
The report stated that social isolation and loneliness are shown to have a serious impact on physical and mental health, quality of life, and longevity.
Of the Track 2 deaths, 35.7 percent lived alone, compared with 30.2 percent of Track 1 deaths. Of Track 1 deaths, the average age was 77.7 years. The average age of Track 2 deaths was 75.
Of note is that this year’s Health Canada report on MAiD is the first to include so-called verbal requests from individuals as official.
Previously, those who wanted to die via assisted suicide had to submit a form to Health Canada in order to be officially recorded as a request to die by suicide.
Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberal government legalized MAiD in 2016, the deadly program has continued to relax its rules on who is eligible for death.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, 1 in 20 Canadian deaths in 2023 came from assisted suicide.
Instances of people being offered MAiD as a solution to their health issues have become commonplace in Canada, as reported by LifeSiteNews.
Last week, LifeSiteNews reported how a senior Canadian couple said that a hospice care center presented euthanasia to one of them as an option because they could not afford increased care costs on their fixed income.
Canadian pro-life leaders have criticized the Trudeau government’s continued push for expanding MAiD.
Indeed, most Canadians fear the nation’s euthanasia regime unfairly targets those who are financially and socially vulnerable while still supporting the immoral practice in general.
In 2021, the program expanded from killing only terminally ill patients to allowing the chronically ill to qualify. Since then, the government has sought to include those suffering solely from mental illness.
The number of Canadians killed by lethal injection under the nation’s MAiD program since 2016 stands at close to 65,000, with an estimated 16,000 deaths in 2023 alone. Many fear that because the official statistics are manipulated the number may be even higher.
Canada had approximately 15,280 euthanasia deaths in 2023.
News Punch / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
I would be the first to admit that I along with 100,s of 1000,s petitioned in Scotland for those with incurable illnesses where there is no option to reverse that and the patient is continually suffering extreme pain and discomfort should have a legal means of ending their suffering . I have watched an alcoholic take nearly two weeks to die moaning in pain because his body organs had all rotted so painkillers didn’t work –he turned from yellow to green it was awful to witness. OTOH- those suffering from extreme depression because of loneliness should be given mental help… Read more »
Totally agree with point of view.
Because you are important to someone, you have wisdom and knowledge that can be shared and you are loved. Money should never be the issue…and pain can be lessened or controlled by ways other than big pharma. God wants you here for a reason…never give up!