Government-funded doctors in Canada are increasingly pressuring disabled patients to “choose” euthanasia instead of long-term care, according to explosive new testimony before Parliament.
Krista Carr, CEO of a national disability rights organization called Inclusion Canada, revealed that Canadians with disabilities are being urged to “choose” Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).
Many disabled patients and their families are complaining that they are being bullied into “assisted suicide” instead of receiving long-term treatment or financial support.
As Slay News previously reported, Canada’s socialized healthcare system is now saving tens of millions of dollars per year by euthanizing patients instead of treating them.
Carr testified before the Parliamentary Finance Committee on October 8, warning lawmakers that Canada’s radical expansion of euthanasia laws has turned the country’s healthcare system into a pipeline to premature death.
“Since the bill was brought in around Track 2 MAID … that has certainly changed people’s interactions with the healthcare system,” Carr said, referring to the 2021 expansion that legalized assisted suicide for those who are chronically ill but not terminally ill.
“People with disabilities are now very much afraid in many circumstances to show up in the health care system with regular health concerns,” she explained. “Because often MAID is suggested as a solution to what is considered to be intolerable suffering.”
When asked by Conservative MP Garnett Genuis how often this occurs, Carr said it happens “weekly.”
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“People with disabilities are now very much afraid in many circumstances to show up in the healthcare system with regular concerns. Often MAID is suggested as a solution.
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— Garnett Genuis (@GarnettGenuis) October 16, 2025
Disabled and Poor Canadians Targeted
Carr warned that poverty itself is being treated as a reason to die, noting that the system now considers financial hardship “intolerable suffering,” which is a vague legal justification for euthanasia under Canada’s MAiD framework.
Many homeless, poor, or depressed Canadians have been euthanized after being classified by the government as experiencing “intolerable suffering.”
Carr’s remarks echo internal Ontario medical records released in 2024 showing that surging numbers of people were euthanized not because of terminal illness but because they were poor, disabled, or lonely.
In one case, an injured middle-aged worker who could no longer support himself reportedly chose MAiD after telling doctors that he wanted to live, but inadequate government assistance left him with “no choice.”
Another case involved an obese woman who said she felt like a “useless body taking up space.”
A doctor approved her death, arguing obesity qualified as a “grievous and irremediable” condition.
According to Ontario’s chief coroner, 116 of the province’s 4,528 euthanasia deaths in 2023 involved non-terminal patients, and more than three-quarters of those euthanized had been receiving disability benefits.
Nearly 30% of all non-terminal MAiD deaths came from the poorest neighborhoods, even though only 20% of Ontarians live in those areas.
Canada’s Euthanasia Program Expands Rapidly
Under the Liberal government, Canada has expanded its euthanasia program 13-fold since it was first legalized.
The skyrocketing number of cases makes the nation the fastest-growing euthanasia regime in the world.
Today, MAiD is the sixth leading cause of death in Canada, though it is deliberately omitted from official mortality statistics.
Asked why, Statistics Canada said it lists only the underlying illnesses that led to euthanasia, not euthanasia itself, as the cause of death, effectively concealing the scale of the program.
According to Health Canada, at least 13,241 Canadians died by lethal injection in 2022 alone, representing 4.1% of all deaths, marking a 31% increase from the previous year.
Meanwhile, average wait times for medical care have climbed to 27.7 weeks, leaving thousands without timely treatment.
Reports have surfaced of doctors calling elderly or disabled patients “selfish” for refusing euthanasia and continuing to seek care.
“Death Instead of Help”
Carr said that the normalization of euthanasia for the poor and disabled represents a horrifying betrayal of Canada’s most vulnerable citizens.
“What began as a policy of ‘mercy’ has turned into a system where people are being told they’re better off dead than disabled or in debt,” she warned.
Critics say the MAiD expansion reflects a disturbing cultural shift, one that treats human life as a burden on the state rather than a value to protect.
As the Canadian government continues to broaden eligibility for assisted death, including for those with mental illness, advocates are sounding the alarm:
Canada’s healthcare system, they say, has crossed the line from compassion to coercion.
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