Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
The Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario reported that there were 2452 reported euthanasia deaths in the first six months of 2024 up by 10% from 2,227 reported euthanasia deaths in the first six months of 2023.
As of June 30, 2024, there have been 20,828 euthanasia deaths since legalization in June 2016. For comparison, the Town of Cobourg Ontario has more than 20,500 people.
I am happy that the Ontario report is providing more information. I am concerned that 6% of the deaths the person had "Other-Long Term Condition" which is an undefined category, 3.5% of the deaths were related to sight issues and approximately 2.4% of the deaths were related to hearing loss.
The Final Consent was waived in 115 of the deaths which is up from 2023. Waiver of final consent means that the person was incompetent at the time of death, but was previously approved for death. It is interesting that euthanasia followed by organ donation has decreased to 12 cases in the first 6 months of 2024 from 28 cases in all of 2023.
Recently, Cardus published a study by Alexander Raikin titled: Euthanasia in Canada: From Exceptional to Routine. Among other issues, Raikin points out that:
- MAiD in Canada is the world’s fastest-growing assisted-dying program.
- MAiD is now tied with cerebrovascular diseases as the fifth leading cause of death in Canada. Only deaths from cancer, heart disease, COVID-19, and accidents exceed the number of deaths from MAiD.
Euthanasia
was sold to Canadians as a "last resort" but in fact it has been
normalized as "medical treatment." The number of Canadian euthanasia
deaths has far exceeded the projected numbers and euthanasia has been
falsely asserted to be a "right" in Canada.
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