Debate on Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying

A dying Canadian man had to tell his own doctor no six separate times before

that they would accept that he wanted to live.

Think about how insane that sentence is.

While lying on a bed in the hallway on the oncology ward, he was asked not

once, not twice, not three, four, or five times, but six

separate times if he wanted MAID. They were relentless.

That was conservative MP Tamara Jensen talking about her own brother.

He knew he was dying, and instead of spending his final months

only fighting

cancer, according to his sister, he also had to keep telling the system,

"No, I

don't want you to kill me. I wanna live." Six times.

At what point does offering a choice turn into pressure?

Because if somebody is sick, I don't think government hitmen should be

following

them around after they've already said no.

This is what terrifies me about where Canada is heading.

We have politicians constantly expanding conversations around MAID while Canadians

are struggling to find family doctors or while waiting for months to find

specialists. Imagine being told that the system can help you die faster

than it can

help you live better. That is backwards to me.

From that moment forward, the system's job is giving

that person every meaningful

day they have left because a civilized country should never make a dying person

feel like death is the only option out. He wanted to live.

He said it six times. Canada should have listened the first

time.

So if you're tired of people being afraid to say exactly what's happening in this

country, follow me. I'll say what they won't