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Parent Post: Certified in Canada
sonatime
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5/30/2026, 11:41:58 PM
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I have looked into this event and find it concerning in every aspect, especially since MAiD will be expanded next year to include mental health. The ease with which a doctor can certify someone for involuntary detention under Canada’s provincial Mental Health Acts, leading to police apprehension and psychiatric hold, is extremely worrying with respect to the safeguards in the system. While the person is polite, communicative, and non-violent, I suspect he may have already been medicated, which could have played a role in the doctor’s decision after contacting his family. This is a very tough situation for everyone involved. The family may not be able or willing to provide the kind of support needed, and the medical/mental health system sometimes seems ill-equipped and too quick to resort to detention rather than less restrictive alternatives. It is all just bad news and troubling developments... There is a well-known case in Ontario involving Canadian doctor, who assessed a man for MAiD outside a Tim Hortons in St. Thomas. The man suffered from Crohn’s disease, "a non-terminal but grievous and irremediable condition, along with depression, which caused him enduring intolerable suffering". About seven months later, they met again at the same Tim Hortons and the Dr. then drove him to a funeral establishment where cadavers are prepared, where he administered the lethal injection.
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