1984: Thread

[grarpamp]

Now they just kill you when too decrepit to pay into
their coffers any more, they call it cost savings, and
still reap the inheritance tax too...


Impoverished Canadians Seek Euthanasia As A Solution While Trudeau
Vacations In Jamaica

https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-and-family-headed-to-jamaica-for-weeklong-vacation/
https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/trudeau%E2%80%99s-2019-tropical-family-vacation-cost-taxpayers-nearly-200,000

Poverty stricken Canadians are going to food banks not just for help
in feeding themselves and their families, but also to ask about
government assisted suicide as a potential solution to their
struggles.  Canada's cost of living crisis is growing (as is America's
crisis), with inflation ongoing and spiking interest rates crushing
lower and middle class workers with increased debt burdens.  The
average monthly food costs for a family of four in Ottawa is around
$1000 and the average monthly rent is $2000.

Canada's euthanasia laws are becoming alluring to those people that
cannot afford rising expenses and see no other way out.

The nation's revised medical assistance in dying (MAID) came into
force on March 17, 2021. The new law includes changes to eligibility,
procedural safeguards, and the framework for the federal government’s
data collection and reporting regime.

On March 17, 2021, Parliament passed legislation that makes important
changes to who may be eligible to obtain medical assistance in dying
and the process of assessment. These changes took effect immediately.
Under the current laws a patient must have a grievous and irremediable
medical condition in order to receive assisted suicide, but apparently
many Canadians believe they should have access even when they are
healthy.

Justin Trudeau was confronted by Global News with a video interview of
a food bank CEO relating her story of multiple recipients asking about
government supported suicide.  His response is politically typical,
with a show of general concern and assertions that his resolve is
deepened to "step up" and help impoverished families (discussion
begins at 13:30).

Immediately after this interview, Trudeau is set to enjoy a scheduled
family vacation to Jamaica.  In 2019, Trudeau's vacation to Costa Rica
leeched Canadian taxpayers for nearly $200,000 in flight costs, and
this does not include the added costs of extended protection in a
foreign province by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.  That's a lot of
money that could go to helping hundreds of families in need.

It should be noted that it was Trudeau's oppressive (and long running)
pandemic restrictions that directly aided in triggering declining
economic conditions in Canada, including supply chain disruptions and
higher inflation.  While Trudeau tries to blame the war in Ukraine for
the terrible conditions (the inflation crisis started long before the
Ukraine conflict), it cannot be denied that his authoritarian policies
are at least partly responsible for the financial troubles of millions
of Canadian citizens.