Welcome to liberal paradise.
Welcome to Canada, where the government offers to kill you when you complain about their incompetence. pic.twitter.com/Kd1MRmZuTi
— Angelo Isidorou (@angeloisidorou) December 3, 2022
Disgusting.
The above Canadian paraplegic is named Christine Gauthier, and she’s reeling after her criticism of the government’s inept handling of her wheelchair ramp installation was met with a shocking response.
When Christine, a retired Army Corporal, complained about the extreme delays regarding her ramp install, a government official responded by offering to “euthanize” her.
She wanted a little help — not death.
A paraplegic former Canadian military member is ripping her government, which offered to euthanize her after she complained about delays having a wheelchair lift installed in her home.
Retired Army Corporal Christine Gauthier, who competed for Canada at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, testified in Parliament Thursday that a Veterans Affairs Canada caseworker offered the opportunity for a medically assisted death – and even to provide the equipment, according to the CBC.
“I have a letter saying that if you’re so desperate, madam, we can offer you MAID, medical assistance in dying,” said Gauthier who injured her back during a 1989 a training accident.
Testifying in French before the House of Commons veterans committee, she also said she’s been fighting for a home wheelchair ramp for five years and expressed her concerns about the assisted dying offer in a recent letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Sadly, this isn’t first time something like this has happened. Daily Mail reported back in August that Canada’s federal government has ordered a ‘full and thorough’ investigation after a Veterans Affairs Canada employee encouraged a veteran to undergo assisted suicide when he called for help.
Canada’s federal government has ordered a ‘full and thorough’ investigation after a Veterans Affairs Canada employee encouraged a veteran to undergo assisted suicide when he called for help.
The Canadian Forces veteran was seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury when he was casually offered medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in July.
A VAC employee reportedly brought up MAiD unprompted in the conversation with the veteran, who was ‘deeply disturbed’ by the suggestion.
Sources close to the military man told Global News Canada that he and his family were ‘disgusted’ by the conversation and felt ‘betrayed’ by the agency.
Social media went wild with outrage in response to the story. Here are some reactions:
“The five cases reported allegedly involved the same case worker, suggesting a personal vendetta. He or she is suspended, but the overall story shows where a slippery slope like ‘euthanizing’ can lead to if it’s forcibly made common and normal in the minds of people.”
“Are we really surprised what Castros son, CCP disciple, and Klaus wannabe is doing to Canada? It’s the playbook live.”
“Um, hi, your chair installer is late..”Sorry aboot that. Would you like us to send an assassin to kill you instead?”
“Just wait until euthanization becomes the only offered medical treatment covered by state healthcare services for any number of ailments.”
“That’s pretty much a threat. “You don’t like the service? Let me introduce you to the “suicided” option”.”
“Everyone scoffed at Palin. Death panels is an improvement over this.”
Trudeau pretended to be outraged:
Gauthier’s ordeal is “absolutely unacceptable,” Trudeau said Friday.
“We are following up with investigations, and we are changing protocols to ensure what should seem obvious to all of us: that it is not the place of Veterans Affairs Canada, who are supposed to be there to support those people who stepped up to serve their country, to offer them medical assistance in dying,” added the prime minister.
Read the full story from New York Post.
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