Trudeau says assisted dying offers to veterans ‘unacceptable’ as cases mount
“I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by what I just heard,” NDP MP Rachel Blaney said immediately after Gauthier spoke.Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay
Sources told Global News a VAC service agent brought up MAiD unprompted in a conversation earlier this year with the combat veteran, who was discussing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury. Those two cases were confirmed in October by the department, which has since uncovered two more cases involving the same service agent — one of which occurred in 2019. That employee is now suspended after previously being reassigned within the department.Canadian veterans can face a ‘recipe for disaster.’ A new police program aims to help
Gauthier suggested to the committee on Thursday that other veterans’ experiences with being offered MAiD will soon become public.
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