According to Health Canada, as of December 31st, 2020, there has been a total of 21,589 deaths by assisted suicide in Canada since it was legalized in 2016. There was a 35% increase in euthanasia in Canada between 2019 and 2020.

The euthanasia law was the result of a Supreme Court of Canada decision in February 2015, which authorized the legal killing of a patient by physician by lethal injection. In its decision, the Supreme Court’s appointed judges, representing no one but themselves, stated the law would not lead down a slippery slope to an expansion of euthanasia, and would only be applied in exceptional cases. The court was either hopelessly misinformed, or was deliberately hiding the effects of its decision from the public. As a result of its decision, euthanasia has been normalized today as a routine medical procedure.

This is indicated by the second annual report on euthanasia, presented by Minister of Health Patty Hadju, released on June 30, 2021 which stated that the euthanasia law has been applied in Canada for the following reasons:

  • 4,120 Canadians were euthanized because they had cancer, but without any discussion with an oncologist (cancer specialist) about this course of action;
  • 2,650 people were granted euthanasia because they believed they were a burden on their family, friends or caregivers;
  • 1,373 people requested euthanasia because they felt isolated and lonely;
  • 1,253 died by lethal injection, who did not have a terminal condition;
  • 227 people were put to death because they were frail;
  • 322 people needed disability support services, but did not receive them, and were euthanized instead;
  • 126 persons needed, but were not able to access, palliative care, and were provided with euthanasia;
  • 59 people, whom the practitioner assessed should receive a lethal injection “voluntarily”, were not consulted about this decision.

Before the 2021 election, the federal Liberal government had established a committee to set guidelines on how euthanasia can be expanded, for example, by applying to minor children.

Although not publicly acknowledged, this expansion is apparently necessary due to the problems experienced in Canada with our troubled health care system.  According to official records, euthanasia is not about the relief of pain, as claimed by Dying with Dignity, but instead is about the removal of inconvenient people from our health care system in order to provide beds and medical care for other more “deserving” patients.

This is one of the reasons why the NDP B.C. Health Minister, Adrian Dix, was so determined to take over the palliative care facilities operated by the pro-life Delta Hospice Society.  It’s less costly to kill patients than to treat them since deaths provide more beds and frees up medical care for other patients.