Yet another Canadian is sounding the alarm after being confronted with what he calls a “death cult” within the healthcare system.
Donovan James says that his wife, Kristin Logan, was diagnosed with cancer and that Canada’s public healthcare system, under the MAiD programme – Medical Assistance in Dying – repeatedly attempted to pressure her into choosing assisted suicide instead of providing life-saving cancer treatment.
“It was the only way to save her life”
When the couple refused to choose death, they found that their opportunities for genuine medical treatment rapidly narrowed. In the end, they saw no alternative but to flee to the United States. In Texas, Kristin has received cancer treatment that has led to stabilisation and, on several occasions, an improvement in her condition.
James describes the experience as a nightmare:
“There is no death cult in the United States, only care. In Canada, the system gave up on her and tried to push her into the afterlife.”
In interviews, James has said that leaving Canada was not an option but a necessity – it was the only way to save his wife’s life.
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Among critics of Canada’s assisted dying programme, it has been argued that financial considerations play a role: Assisted dying is far less expensive for the public sector than prolonged cancer treatment.
Kristin Logan’s case is not unique. Several reports from Canada indicate that patients and their relatives experience pressure towards MAiD when treatment options become costly or complex.
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Canada’s euthanasia scheme was originally introduced to offer terminally ill patients an opportunity “to face death with dignity”, but the scheme quickly became a “treatment option” for groups that are by no means on their deathbeds: Disability, poverty and broken bones are among the criteria reported to have been used as grounds for proposing or carrying out euthanasia.