Weirdo Commie. A thousand years they had the tools we should be takin' 'em. Fuck the G ride, I want the machines that are makin' 'em. #ODSPoverty
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ALT As of March 17, 2021, persons who wish to receive MAID must meet the following eligibility criteria: be 18 years of age or older and have decision-making capacity be eligible for publicly funded health care services make a voluntary request that is not the result of external pressure give informed consent to receive MAID, meaning that the person has consented to receiving MAID after they have received all information needed to make this decision have a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability (excluding a mental illness until March 17, 2027) be in an advanced state of irreversible decline in capability have enduring and intolerable physical or psychological suffering that cannot be alleviated under conditions the person considers acceptable
ALT Trouton, who now lives in Ontario, says she's aware that some Canadians have received MAID even when the main cause of their suffering was a socio-economic facter not directly related to their qualifying medical condition. But that doesn't technically make those cases ineligible. "The suffering and the irremediable disease don't have to be the same," says Trouton, citing the law's language around safeguards: it does not explicitly state the need for suffering to be caused by a medical condition.
ALT Trouton, who now lives in Ontario, says she's aware that some Canadians have received MAID even when the main cause of their suffering was a socio-economic facter not directly related to their qualifying medical condition. But that doesn't technically make those cases ineligible. "The suffering and the irremediable disease don't have to be the same," says Trouton, citing the law's language around safeguards: it does not explicitly state the need for suffering to be caused by a medical condition.