A disturbing crisis is emerging in Canada as the nation’s government-controlled socialized healthcare system aggressively prioritizes euthanasia over medical care.
Canada has seen a surge in citizens traveling abroad seeking medical care over fears of being railroaded into euthanasia by government-funded doctors or due to excessive hospital wait times as the nation’s socialized healthcare system prioritizes “assisted suicide” over expensive treatments.
More than 100,000 Canadians were forced to seek medical care outside the country last year, a new report has revealed.
The surge comes as the globalist Liberal Party government continues prioritizing assisted suicide over fixing Canada’s collapsing taxpayer-funded healthcare system.
A survey published in a report from the Fraser Institute found that 105,529 Canadians traveled abroad in 2025 to obtain non-emergency medical treatment.
Most of those who travelled abroad said they were unable or unwilling to endure Canada’s increasingly dangerous wait times, or they feared they would be pressured into euthanasia instead of treatment.
“Clearly, the number of Canadians who ultimately receive their medical care in other countries is not insignificant,” the institute concluded.
“That a considerable number of Canadians travelled abroad and paid to escape the well-known failings of the Canadian health-care system speaks volumes about how well the system is working for them.”
Months-Long Waits Drive Patients Out of Canada
The survey polled physicians across 12 major medical specialties, including orthopedic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, and internal medicine.
According to the findings, roughly 2.1 percent of Canadian patients sought non-emergency care outside the country in 2025.
Alberta reported the highest rate, with 3.0 percent of patients leaving Canada for treatment, while Newfoundland and Labrador recorded the lowest rate at 0.8 percent.
“In some cases, these patients may have needed to leave Canada due to a lack of available resources or a lack of appropriate procedures or technologies,” the report stated.
“In others, their departure may have been driven by a desire to return more quickly to their lives, to seek out superior quality care, or perhaps to save their own lives or avoid the risk of disability.”
The exodus comes as wait times continue to skyrocket.
Recent data show Canadians now wait an average of 28.6 weeks from a family doctor referral to receiving serious treatment, a figure that has tripled over the past 30 years.
Waitlists, Despair, and Assisted Suicide
Rather than addressing systemic failures, critics say the Liberal government has increasingly steered desperate patients toward euthanasia.
As wait times grow, reports indicate that some Canadians, particularly the sick, disabled, and elderly, are being forced into assisted suicide instead of enduring years without care or agressive pressured into “choosing” euthanasia.
Others who refused euthanasia have reported being labeled “selfish” by medical providers.
In one case, an Ontario physician disclosed that a middle-aged worker with debilitating ankle and back injuries felt government support was so inadequate that it was “leaving (him) with no choice but to pursue” euthanasia.
Another case involved an obese woman who described herself as a “useless body taking up space.”
A doctor reportedly argued she qualified for assisted suicide because obesity was considered a “grievous and irremediable” medical condition.
Relieving the Burden for the Greater Good
A growing number of hospital patients have been reporting that doctors are aggressively pressuring them into being euthanized instead of seeking treatment for their condition.
In many cases, a single lethal injection is far cheaper than long-term treatments, creating money-saving opportunities for care facilities.
As Slay News previously reported, the Canadian government is now saving tens of millions of dollars every year by euthanizing patients instead of treating them.
A study found that Canada’s healthcare system saves up to $136.8 million annually thanks to the government’s “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) program.
However, critics are warning that vulnerable patients are being pressured into choosing death over “costly” care.
Tens of Thousands Die Waiting While MAiD Expands
More than 23,000 Canadians have died while stuck on medical waitlists as the Liberal government has aggressively expanded euthanasia access.
Since legalization, the government has expanded so-called MAiD 13-fold, making Canada’s euthanasia regime the fastest-growing in the world.
According to government data released in December, MAiD accounted for more than five percent of all deaths in Canada in 2024.
At the same time, Health Canada has continued exploring plans for advanced requests for assisted suicide, even as access to basic medical care deteriorates.
Internal documents from Ontario physicians in 2024 further revealed that many Canadians are choosing euthanasia due to poverty, isolation, and loneliness, not terminal illness.
A System in Moral Collapse
As tens of thousands flee the country for treatment, and many more die waiting, critics argue Canada’s health-care system is no longer merely broken, but morally inverted.
The government-controlled healthcare system is now quicker to offer death than care.
For many Canadians, the message from Ottawa is increasingly clear:
If the system won’t heal you, it will help you die.
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