Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Canada’s preferred euphemism for euthanasia, has become so popular practitioners struggle to meet demand.
According to government figures for 2023, the last full year of statistics available, MAID accounted for 4.7 percent of deaths nationwide, making Canada second only to the Netherlands. In Quebec, the figure is over seven percent, giving it the highest euthanasia rate in the world.
MAID deaths have been growing by double digits each year since the practice was legalized in 2016, and especially since it was approved for patients who are not terminally ill in 2021.
The growth of legalized health worker killings slowed to only 16 percent in 2023, a substantial slide from the average of 31 percent growth in previous years,
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