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| Alex Schadenberg |
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
On December 3, 2025, Canada's Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness responded to a request by Garnet Genuis (MP) (Sherwood Park - Fort Saskatchewan Alberta) reported that from legalization until September 2025 - 15 federal inmates have been killed by (MAiD) euthanasia.
This is not the first concern about this issue. Tristan Hopper wrote an article that was published in the National Post in May 2023 asking if Euthanasia of Canadian prisoners is a form of capital punishment?
Hopper wrote that, at that time, nine prisoners had died by euthanasia in Canada. The APTN network reported that the first three prisoners to die by euthanasia were indiginous Canadians who remained shackled during the killing.
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| Ivan Zinger |
“Under no circumstances should the procedure of MAiD be dealt with inside a penitentiary,”
“That is highly problematic, unethical and immoral in my view. I think we would be the only jurisdiction in the world who would do that.”Kim Beaudin, vice-chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and a member of corrections’ National Aboriginal Advisory Committee opposes (MAiD) euthanasia being done in prisons.
According to Canada's Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness December 3 report that of the 15 Canadian prisoners who died by euthanasia, 14 were killed in an external facility and 1 died in the correctional facility.
I have always opposed capital punishment because I do not believe that the government should have the right in law to kill it's citizens.
In the same way, I do not believe that medical practitioners should have the right in law to kill people.
5 comments:
Very true! This MAiD thing is totally out of control!
I don't think Capital Punishment should be compared with Euthanasia. The former is a legitimate function of government for punishing those who have committed grievous crimes. The Bible arguably supports this view (Gen 9:6, Jn 19:11, Rom 13:1-4). On the other hand, Euthanasia entails an individual choosing to end their life, in a way that is "playing God" and where such authority has not been delegated.
I agree that euthanasia is different than capital punishment, but I oppose capital punishment. Yes, the bible does justify capital punishment.
Allowing capital punishment gives the government the right to kill one of its citizens. In Canada we don't need capital punishment to protect our fellow citizens and I don't believe in giving someone or a group the right to kill. Euthanasia is similar, except in this case the government has given doctors and nurse practitioners the right to kill people. That is simply a crazy idea.
To keep things simple, I oppose killing people.
You may say but the government is not protecting it's citizens. There are serious issues related to Canada's justice system, nonetheless, they can protect their citizens from a known killer without capital punishment.
Well Said, Alex! Well said. The fact that these are Indigenous Citizens gives me further pause for thought. They are a minority who have a greater percentage of incarceration than the "general" (read: "non-Indigenous") population. Therefore, they also tend to be a greater number incarcerated due to poor policing, lack of evidence and limited access to decent legal representation. To now also hear that they are being killed by MAiD, makes me now also ask the question: Did they ask for it because they know they are innocent, and figure "I don't want to live in a prison that won't allow me to clear my name", or did someone offer them the choice. That is what concerns me also, regardless of the outcome. WHO made the first step? The inmate? The Medical staff? Or the Prison Guards? God Help us.
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