Do You Want To Die Today? Inside Canada’s Euthanasia Program | Fault Lines Documentary

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[@janestratton8219]

I personally have communicated with parents who have been offered MAID for their disabled children who were in no way shape or form anywhere close to death or likely to be so.

[@janestratton8219]

If this had been around when I was 17, I would have been likely to opt for it. I am now 62. Those issues are long-gone, but I am still here and thriving.

[@richardhenry1969]

Who cares? 99% of them are white so? Why do our people care Aljazeera??

[@richardhenry1969]

​@@janestratton8219Were the children white? If so, don't care. The goal is working same with the fentanyl plan.. 😂

[@KimVerhaaff]

I 100% agree that people who suffer should be able to end their life peaceful. But not for a lack of caring and resources. This story is just heartbreaking 😢

[@joecheffo5942]

A lot of spin in this story. Cue the sad music and loaded questions. This woman had physical suffering, all family far away. She said maybe if she had friends and no stress she would want to live. A country can't just give someone a bunch of friends. And even if they did have people sit with her every day there is no guarantee she would be happy. I would give anything to have this in my country, the U.S. Things are really messed up, I agree. If we gave everyone $35k a year and a rich social life - maybe Sweden does that?, yes maybe that would save some. Who even knows, but that is not our world. I wish it was. But what do we do with this world, not an imaginery one. I would love a socialist utopia. What if we never get one?

[@Jeepiez]

When medicine fails you, therapy fails u DNA test to see what u have, specialists etc. And it just doesn't work and that it's expensive to boot. This and I feel it seems to be the only option. I feel for this man.

[@aliceB357]

There is new evidence to prove the drug they use is not a peaceful way to go. They only look peaceful because they can’t move.

[@richardhenry1969]

Well most are white so don't care. Neither does canada. 😂

[@joopapril1]

My brother is dying right now. He's missed the opportunity to make a lucid final decision about MAiD. Watching him die now, in long drawn out excruciating pain, is unbeatable and cruel.

[@keepgrindingkeepwinning9237]

Well at least he will get out of this awful world

[@Hannah11235]

So sorry. Reach out to Jesus ❤

[@CarianneRHixson]

@@keepgrindingkeepwinning9237 I’ve been suicidal and I’m so glad I found a purpose. It was a choice I had to make. Awful world? Turn off our TVs and we’ll see. It’s all programmed to make us feel the world is awful.

[@naeemmkhan2087]

Rosina was my friend, and I saw her deteriorate over time, not having enough to eat and live with dignity. It's such a sad reality. The help she needed, including the meds and assistance due to disability weren't available. It was a lot of loneliness, being made to feel useless and a burden when asking for help. It was tragic, to say the least. I was with her the last night of her life till 2am.

[@micgooflander95]

I'm glad Rosina had the right not to be forced to continue to suffer. Just forcing people to live does not solve the problem of loneliness, lack of benefits, inadequate access to medical care, etc. All you're doing when you force someone to live against their will (i.e. prevent them from accessing effective, risk-free and painless suicide methods through some channel - whether that be the healthcare system or any other) is punish that individual for the way that they've been failed by society. That cannot be the right answer. That cannot be the humane answer. Ultimately, each individual should have the right to choose whether they want to live; not be forced to serve as political chess pieces.

[@katej3z715]

Many simply want their lives to be better, for more home care, better medical care and more social interaction. The first gentleman may have misunderstood, many people would be concerned, others seeing how worn down he seemed. Forgetting to return smiles with others signals far too much isolation. With terminal or intolerable conditions, at least 3 persons should certify approval,- a panel of three with members allotted (shuffled) to each case randomly,- made up of a lawyer or judge, a senior physician and a layperson. Pain relief training must be improved or have a dedicated unit in all bigger hospitals. Medicines can make a great deal of difference. Therapies need to be reviewed. Many retraumatise patients and some are vicarious for the therapist. Teaching coping systems and shaping moving into an improved future are most often a better route for non-terminal patients. That govts find bumping people off whose lives could have been turned around is a sad indictment of our society.

[@Criticalthinker605]

May Allah swt rest her soul. So heartbreaking to think that because of society's obsession with capitalism and money that the option of simply dying is put out there for those who are suffering rather than looking at the root issue and fixing it. Human life is worth more than that and yet here we are deciding which option is more 'cost-effective'. Shame. The Western claims of 'progressiveness' and 'humanitarians' are being exposed day by day.

[@amatul7ayy]

And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind. 20:124

[@amatul7ayy]

He will say: “O my Lord! Why have you raised me up blind while indeed I had clear sight (before)?” Allah will say: "Just as Our revelation came to you and you played blind; so are you blind today." 20:125-126

[@TheNiggler17]

I was brought into this world against my will, I should have every right to leave it against anybody else’s will

[@ThatOne77]

Apparently they won't give you autonomy over your body unless your sick PHYSICALLY.

[@ThatOne77]

The problem is, you had no will before you were born.

[@Annai_]

This is so real

[@ThatOne77]

@@LucientheLion And when God refuses to heal, what then?

[@faz789]

@@ThatOne77 Why are you nitpicking? He clearly means that he didnt ask to be born. And now he should have a right to ask to be unborn

[@colinnz]

A person shouldn't be forced to live if they dont want to

[@conan.seto995]

A person with a medical condition shouldnt have to die cuz they are too poor to afford helping themselves. Canada has a lot of programs. But none are sufficiently funded. People with medical conditions literally struggle to not become homeless. The country is punishing the poor again. In my homecountry, u can get assisted death as well. I too know people who left our world this way. But it is stricter than Canada. Usually only when u are in deep pain the government will assist you. We luckily almost erased poverty in my country, so nobody asks for assisted death simply cuz they are too poor. That isnt the case in canada unfortunately. Canada somehow created an eat-or-get-eaten mentality like the US in the past 2 decades. There is a woman from toronto that was working full time, got intentionally coughed at during the pandemic, and now she has longcovid that makes it impossible for her to work fulltime to pay her bills. She is askin the government now to help her die. And she shouldnt have to just cuz the government keeps kicking the bucket to the less wealthy or more vulnerable folks. Most of these folks wanna live but poverty makes it hard. Nice day

[@user-ko2fq2hg8b]

@@conan.seto995 Poverty has been an issue for all of human history. There will always be poverty. Yes, the government's job should always to be solve issues like that, but at the same time allow people choose their fate. You could always be against assisted dying because economic and medical problems will always exist. But the question is why does the government control your life. We will never fix life's core problems. Just give people the option.

[@Annai_]

SPEAKING FACTS

[@peterkorpotkin6320]

No, a person should be told and convinced, that self preservation is the highest law, those who try to convince you otherwise. Need to die.

[@marthas.4456]

@@conan.seto995 in which country do you live?

[@aavvcc]

Poverty frightens me. If I couldn’t support myself, I know the social support isn’t there. As a result, homelessness is a very real possibility. The government is taking the stance of survival of the fittest here. If you can’t contribute to the economy and pay your taxes then you are a burden they want to simply disappear. Thank you for making this documentary.

[@GingerBreadMan144]

I agree

[@meh-hair-Vaughn]

I agree 100%.

[@killingtimewithsimone3243]

Well said.

[@joecheffo5942]

@@GingerBreadMan144 If you have nothing else to say except I agree, that's what the thumbs up is for.

[@GingerBreadMan144]

@@joecheffo5942 If you disagree with a comment, that's what the dislike button is for.

[@derangedpoetess]

This documentary is so necessary. It should be easier to access proper medical care than to access MAiD.

[@w.urlitzer1869]

it "should" but it is almost impossible. also not to be able to eat and be housed adequately is very difficult. it is a shame on society that these people have to chose death.

[@Max-hj6nq]

Qatari sponsored opinion

[@nonamemcbob5936]

You don't understand, maid is a right, plus it's good for economics

[@reaperclutz7170]

this should be a right for everyone I agree 💯

[@reaperclutz7170]

I'm stuck in the U.S so I don't have access to M.A.I.D

[@vernon11111]

Thank you for this badly needed documentary. Bless Rosina, it is a crime what happened to you, and what continues to happen to many Canadians.

[@jamk2668]

Many Canadians? What are you talking about? 99 percent of people who end up receiving medial assisted dying have a terminal illness.

[@agnikollias6678]

I am Canadian. I don't live there anymore. In Canada 🇨🇦 it is easier to get MAID than a real friend!!! RIP beautiful Rositta❤

[@timd6479]

I am in USA and I wish the country would allow MAID program here. I don't want to fly to Switzerland in my 70s to die. Please don't talk down about MAID in Canada because it helps people die in dignity!

[@wallybingbang4350]

@@timd6479 Oregon has assisted suicide

[@user-ko2fq2hg8b]

@@wallybingbang4350Many states do, but they all require a terminal illness.

[@timd6479]

@@user-ko2fq2hg8b true!!

[@darrellternes9356]

I am a Canadian and I have been refused M.A.I.D. I won’t go into all the details of my history. I am so sick and tired of people saying it is easy to access this program. If it’s so easy to access please introduce the people to me who will approve it.

[@georgettelevesque277]

I am 77 years old. I’m glad they are extending MAID and hope I have access to it before I become too disabled and have to move to a nursing home. I worked as a registered nurse for 50 years, 16 of those in nursing homes. I know what I’m talking about. Some people become so tired of suffering that they would rather die and I support that fully. It’s better than having to commit suicide. It should be a choice available to each individual but with guidance and directing to other available resources like mental health care, medical care, etc. if they so chose. Why hang on to life when you can’t even take care of yourself?

[@gentlehealer416]

I’m a nurse too and I totally agree with you

[@raaid85]

agree with how j laid it out. as long as other resources r provided but it being driven by economics is just not good

[@ongaku3925]

I disagree in that people are not getting adequate healthcare. Might be a choice later in life but what about those who are younger and suffering from an inadequate and inaccessible healthcare system? Disabled continue to be the ones living in the deepest poverty. If the choice is between living with dignity and dying with dignity then most would choose the former. Give people the supports and care they need - not death as an option. There are reports detailing the cost savings of MAiD to our healthcare system .. people should question this more.

[@seaofflowers.]

​@@ongaku3925if MAiD is saving costs that's even less suspicious, because insurance companies would rather collect money for years, not approve of MAiD which would end the insurance checks immediately. There's tons of ways about how the world SHOULD be, but the reality is how it really is. People are reacting from the reality, not from how things should be.

[@cathygibson5157]

I agree it should be available to everyone

[@norikadolmy7274]

Its teally unfortunate that services are so threadbare that people would rather kill themselves than deal with it one more day

[@testing85]

I think the entirety of the canadian government should apply for MAID

[@belleofnamazu]

As an American I would jump at this opportunity if offered. At the same time I'm acutely aware that I feel backed into that corner because politics guarantee that it will be decades _at a minimum_ before the resources I need to make life worth living are available.

[@Caterpillarjon]

I too wish US had this

[@giftoflife365]

Dear Sister - try to preserve your life, as Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, Costa Rica and a few other locales can offer you santuary and living, with good health care and affordability. Worse case scenario, seek out a financial stable elder gentleman who needs care, register as an in home caregiver and be transparent about your intentions, even if he is a good soul. There is no shame in these arrangements - it's called strategic safety measures for yourself and charitable legacy philanthropy for others. Life is a blessing, along with care and love.

[@high.vibrational.collective]

​@@Caterpillarjon Why brother?

[@Victorg-dr3sd]

Did you get maid yet though.

[@regandouglas]

We don't offer the resources you're looking for here in Canada either. In fact, if you have permanent disabilities here, you're worse off then some of the poorest states in the US, like West Virginia. Hopefully that gives you some context as to what we're dealing with.

[@ThatCODTutorial]

I wish him the best and all of those struggling. He’s a nice person who deserves happiness, love, and peace. I understand the depression & social anxiety; I hope these people with depression/mental health struggles are not having their mental illness being taken advantage of by these new policies

[@payitforwardpower9910]

It’s easier to get maid then a wheelchair was wild. Oh canada what happened 😢

[@adwest23]

Socialized medicine is expensive, death is cheap

[@agnikollias6678]

Exactly

[@surya8629]

Liberal

[@NicBur-td8jl]

WEF

[@joecheffo5942]

If I 1) need a wheelchair, and 2) am so totally broke I can't buy a used wheelchair, it's time to go. For context, I want to go also (wheelchair and pain, but not broke). Let's let broken, broke, depressed. chronically pain riddled people go. Why not? Let the happy and healthy keep going. Peace.

[@jerolvilladolid]

I was a millionaire in my 20s employing 10 people. My business had 6 stores. I lost EVERYTHING in the pandemic. Romantic betrayal, business failure, that all made me want to take euthanesia too now in my early 30s. Candidates for assisted suicide are not only mentally ill people. But also persons like me suffering from tremendous personal pain and disappointment.

[@yolandekenward1639]

Sorry to hear this

[@strangerx1]

You can make money again and find better people. You are only 30

[@oddassembler]

You lost it because you didn't diversify

[@earthexplorer579]

dieing is easy, living is easy too

[@TheSuperlavinna]

Hanya saran : coba dengarkan Murotal Quran , Insha Allah akan menenangkan hati anda ... apapun agamamu

[@jodiekohut9443]

I entered this program . There were so many deficiencies in the program from the community programs as well as the Dixie here in London ont. I reported him to His college . I can not tell you how disturbing it was. 3 days after I applied I got a call from the doctor even offering to come to my house. Imagine that a house call. This program is discussing and so are the professionals involved .

[@mariahelenajarvenpaa8834]

It is easier for the state of Canada to give a lethal injection, because it is cheaper than helping them with food, medicine, medical care, housing. What a shame.

[@tompogson9755]

People need better income supports such as a basic income as a floor over which you add disability amounts, better healhcare and so on. This is where we were going before the decoupling of 1971, the neoliberal era, the aggressive clawbacks, and utilitarianism that ensued. This will continue until we change course.

[@sooziedwards4791]

Socialist

[@regandouglas]

​@@sooziedwards4791 What's the problem with socialism?

[@sooziedwards4791]

@@regandouglas are you kidding?

[@regandouglas]

@@sooziedwards4791 Not at all. So, I'll ask again...what's the problem with socialism?

[@sooziedwards4791]

@@regandouglas it didn’t work last time, it won’t work ever, unless you want to rely on government handouts and control. I don’t

[@jobrownsmith116]

''It's easier to get MAID in some places in the country than a wheelchair.'' Great, now I keep getting ads in my feeds for wheelchairs. AI is such a psychopath.

[@regandouglas]

😂😂😂😂

[@NormEngel-ge2it]

It does feel like MAiD is a cop out for the Canadian government to provide more services to people in suffering.

[@Me-lb8nd]

I agree that no one should be forced to take MAID, but it should definitely be an option for those suffering from conditions which cannot be cured.

[@regandouglas]

It is. 100%

[@user-qt5jb9ee1g]

how do I get this?

[@up-2date]

Work hard and contribute to the national economy only to get stabbed in the back when you are no longer able to be a work horse. Canada eh😂

[@rebecca9260]

Rosina’s story makes me particularly sad because of the fact that it was easier for her to end her life than it was for her to access food, proper medical care, an adequate support system, etc. I fear that legalizing MAID will come with major consequences. It should not be easier to access MAID than a wheelchair. If we are going to make this legal, major reform is so necessary. I wish we lived in a world where people who are suffering could have access to a dignified death, but I just fear the risks that come along with legalizing this are far too high. For the vast majority of people, especially those whose illness is solely mental, there is hope.

[@KyleEvra]

Stop being sad for her she is free rejoice she is FREE!

[@FrostyFlakes00]

JFC. I suffer from most of these same mental illnesses and have for 45 years. I’ve been very lucky to have the ability to get the kind of treatment that keeps me from wanting to die - family, insurance, disability. I’m in the US. I can’t imagine having the option to kill myself due only to my mental illness.

[@anthonyrowland9072]

lol what, welcome to the US...

[@JHabc]

I have complex PTSD and severe depression. It was well managed when I moved from the US to Canada. So were several other medical conditions. After it took years to access the specialists to keep my physical health stable, my mental health crumbled. Now the psychiatrist says it’s untreatable. I feel like they would rather I kill my self and save the government money. The US system is a mess, but nothing like this.

[@regandouglas]

People with disabilities are better off in the US than Canada.

[@lynng6556]

What happened to Rosina's dog? Why can't these programs let us know that the animals are ok?

[@i.hold.vertigo2329]

The government wants to avoid legal reprisals at all costs. That, and they dont want to kill potentially functional taxpayers.

[@linehempel162]

I refuse to lose my dignity,when i can no longer take care of myself,i work as Reg Nurse and the suffering of my patients is sometimes unbearable to witness,i refuse to work in the ICU,too sad .

[@regandouglas]

Have you followed up with your patients after theyve left the ICU to see how life is for them? Do you understand that we aren't talking about people who are so critically ill that they don't have the capacity to consent? It's unbelievable to witness someone who actually wants to live, as the case was here, being forced to "choose" governmemt-funded de ath, simply because we refuse to offer the necessary resources.

[@SBGClub-pi7tk]

You guys are the best. Thank you for your candid and honest portrayal of difficult social issues.

[@susanspalluto4359]

Psychiatric patients should be able to get this

[@ChristopherLeeFoto]

People should have a right to make their own choice. No one is forced by anyone. If you choose to live and suffer in anyway, that is your choice and no one judges you for it. Pain is real whether it's physical or psychological. It's a crime and torture to force someone to live who is suffering and wants to end the suffer.

[@KyleEvra]

Thank you for understanding us people will mental illnesses..

[@johnny5stacks60]

I’m commenting this wishing that, as I fall asleep, I won’t wake up. I’d take matters into my own hands but I don’t want my family and friends to feel the pain or anger of knowing I did it on purpose. But if I could avoid that for them, I would in a nanosecond.

[@lindamastropietro4429]

I feel the same way.

[@photographyenthusiast9941]

Pray out to God!! He will give you renewed strength, hope, joy, and a future.

[@harley4957]

I hate this... I should have died along time ago. And I'm not being told a reason I'm alive.

[@harley4957]

Peaceful non violent death... Ironically I'm hateful about being alive. And, I've been harrased (baited to do things unlawful in retaliation) where do I go to die? Some say DIY. And risk being more disabled? That's abuse... There's a military and there's no assisted death program. I'm guessing Canada is avoiding this issue because they are you experimenting on people who are isolated? What else can it be if you can't leave voluntarily peacefully.

[@nickknowles8402]

I respect these doctors who promote health, but there are cases that are beyond help. And those who deny it, need their eyes checked

[@cathygibson5157]

They need to make MAID available to everyone so people dont have to resort to suicide in horrific ways

[@KyleEvra]

Preach it! 😊🩷

[@NAHAJI133]

People need pain medication, these physicians say only work short term, death is permanent so what is the physicians issue here.

[@JHabc]

It’s easier to go buy drugs on the street, get addicted, and get a legally prescribed “safe supply” than actual treatment for pain and other illnesses. It’s a sad state of affairs. I wish I had never moved here

[@jamk2668]

@@JHabc You do realize for a rare portion of pain, they simply can't receive pain relief because of why they are wired, right? At least not without being completely bonked out. It has nothing to do with them not receiving main management.

[@JHabc]

@@jamk2668 in Nova Scotia, many of us are repeatedly being turned away from treatment. Personal I have conditions that were well managed before I moved here and I haven’t been able to get basic treatment after 4 years. My health has spiralled down and when I finally get care, I’ve been told my condition is untreatable. When no attempts have been made

[@janestratton8219]

This makes me ashamed to be Canadian. From the "Cost Estimate for Bill C-7 Medical Assistance in Dying" produced by the Parliamentary Budge Office in 2020 . " The cost of administering MAID is estimated at $4.4 million, and thus, the net reduction in health care costs for provincial governments will amount to $62.0 million." How have we gone so far astray from the vision of great men like Tommy Douglas?

[@powerpunch180]

Tommy Douglas was a eugenicist who supported sterilization of people with mental disabilities in his Master's thesis called "The Problems of the Subnormal Family". From his Wikipedia article: "The thesis proposed a system that would have required couples seeking to marry to be certified as mentally and morally fit. Those deemed to be "subnormal", because of low intelligence, moral laxity, or venereal disease would be sent to state farms or camps, while those judged to be mentally defective or incurably diseased would be sterilized."

[@amanda2825]

Im going to apply tmrw after seeing this. Cant stand my physical pain but even mre i cant stand the mental pain any longer

[@serenajob7704]

Please don’t do it

[@darrellternes9356]

I would be interested in how far you get because despite the fact that I am in excruciating intractable pain I have been refused

[@gnd144]

Same, and yet we are supposed to be hopeful. Even in when working at my job 1983-2008 there was little medical help available. The 2008 market crash when i lost everything until 2024 has broken me. Completely understand this gentleman's situation. It always our fault, years of preaching about hope and Feb. 2024 people have been harmed further by the pandemic and the cost of living. How can Canada sit back and double the cost living. Its just horrible. Lots of money to send overseas, and pay crazy bonuses, yet not help our own citizens. Embarrassing, and disgraceful !! 😢

[@QueenkittyNi]

im just like guy in green shirt.....i called maid....then i felt better and they kept calling me.....i think about maid constantly 😞

[@dfuk66]

I hate Canada.

[@ryanberlin6071]

I have all the same diagnosis. Nothing worked for myself other than lithium and Ability together.

[@beelea3]

I pray for you

[@tabithabragdon152]

This is horrible. There is hope. You are worth living. Jesus Christ can set you free. Please reach out to him!

[@chiaraubertino8156]

I'm Canadian and grieving the direction our country is going in with MAID. It's self-evident how unethical this is, but our country insists on going this route.

[@beelea3]

This is one of the only sane comments in this thread. Thank you.

[@mstr293]

Unethical if it's forced on you. Forcing you to live in such harsh environments and unfulfilling life is just as unethical.

[@ScarryGargoyle]

@@mstr293so? We fight for the next generation. I can’t believe this. I deal with suic1dàl ideation; the thought that I’d just be running away from the problem- keeps me goin. I live to seek out that the next generations don’t have to live in such an awful place. Medically, I kinda get it- but a lot of miracles do happen (not even involving religion,) this is just a way for your governemt to make MORE money off of you. Now they don’t have to treat you medically. This is absolutely awful.

[@KyleEvra]

​agreed.

[@regandouglas]

​@@mstr293 Unethical is refusing to provide people with the help and resources that would alleviate their suffering to a point where they'd choose to live. We're purposely making it impossible for these people to make any other "choice".

[@ChrisGraham-yl3mc]

It takes years to get a family doctor in Canada, and that's if you can get on a waitlist. However, if you want to die, they can have you dead in 3 months. No family doctor required, they'll even send the experts to access you in your home. I used to be for assisted suicide. Now I'm not too sure. We hit the ' 'slippery slope' at full speed.

[@Me-lb8nd]

Doctor availability depends a lot on where you live.

[@regandouglas]

​@@Me-lb8ndwell, ya. If you live in Canada, then access to family doctor is near impossible to get.

[@regandouglas]

I've always rolled my eyes when people mention the "slippery-slope" on any issue, and I did when we were first rolling out MAID. But, holy h ell, that wasn't a hill we slipped off, it was a cliff...and we dove.

[@phoenixtoash2396]

I would be very sure. In the USA we are heading towards far worse than living. So we would welcome the option to go out on our terms rather than their sick terms.

[@ongaku3925]

Can we please please PLEASE stop calling this Dying With Dignity! There is nothing about this process that is dignified. It is government coerced death. It is a cost savings to our healthcare system. They don't care if you live in the deepest poverty imaginable - the government supports for disabled are about $1200 a month. But average rent in our nation is about double that, and due to exploding population growth (our government allows over a million newcomers a year in international students and immigration). This is a goldmine for landlords who are jacking prices up every chance they get. This is displacing our disabled and senior population. It increases demand on a healthcare system that is already buckling due to aging infrastructure. Our government knows this and is signing off on expanded MAiD to allow for an out due to suffering caused by disability + poverty. They say there are safeguards to prevent it - but talk to those in the disability community and they say they are feeling coerced. Many have of us now have to choose between medical, housing and food to survive. The word that comes to mind is EUGENICS. They are calling it Dying with Dignity but really the focus should be Living with Dignity. The only hope I see is a long promised Canada Disability Benefit by the federal government. Unfortunately this has been delayed for over 3 years. During the pandemic our Liberal leaders provided CERB, an emergency relief benefit to working individuals. Those with disability received nothing! So now the cost of food and housing has almost doubled and those without money, those suffering due to medical conditions get MAiD. Thanks for nothing Canada! Oh, and if you are thinking to move here expecting a Canadian dream .. really think again. Canada is not as advertised.

[@jeffmusgrave3691]

Well said.

[@frishhawk]

I call it dying with dignity. I deal with depression. I'd rather peacefully die in a hospital bed, rather than hanging myself or slitting my wrists and leaving a horrific fucking scene for someone to find. For me, it has nothing to do with immigration or prices.

[@micgooflander95]

Forcing people to live in pain (mental or physical) against their will does nothing to solve the "living with dignity" issue. All it does is punish those at the bottom for the fact that they've been failed by society. People should ALWAYS have had the right to access effective suicide methods; as there is no autonomy in life without the right to opt out of living without the government interfering with that choice. If not for paternalistic suicide prevention schemes; then we would not be needing the government to act as the gatekeeper for who is allowed to avail themselves of MAID. By opposing MAID, all you are doing is building a prison for yourself, and for everyone else, and inviting the government to throw away the key. You aren't adding any extra options, or improving the options available. You're just striving to take away an option that you might personally be desperate for in the future. Meanwhile, all of your non-disabled 'allies' will forget all about your suffering once MAID has been seen off; and your plight will be once again out of sight and out of mind. Because the media (including Al Jazeera and the correspondent for this piece) is only willing to pretend to care about your plight in as far as they can use it to advance their illiberal agenda against bodily autonomy.

[@derekpam7149]

Many many welfare young ones stole that money not just working people. Most working people knew the government was playing. And the workers at tax centre took the cerb as well. Now the tax payers that didn’t take it are being punished causing more depression in this country while the young welfare with many kids are fine. Sorry you have no clue. But yep they offered nothing at all to people on disability. But it certainly wasn’t all the tax payers taking cerb

[@JHabc]

There has been no dignity in my life since I moved to Canada.

[@Alwin2003]

I can relate with Mitchel 100%.

[@soumyaray1057]

I think the the medical community finally understands that some of us dont deserve to just suffer without a choice.

[@MarianaAngelesCuevas]

Thank you for this documentary, it was very revealing. Would you consider doing a new research now that the elegibility for patients with mental illness as a sole underlying condition has been pushed once again, three years this time? It would be interesting to know what Mitchell and other people seeking MAiD because of mental illness think about this recent development.

[@lauralmiles5038]

Heartbreaking. I feel traumatized and shame on the Canadian governments. People with disabilities are treated absolutely inhumanely by provincial and federal governments. Yes, money CAN buy happiness in terms of access to life sustaining resources and opportunities for raising quality of life. To give assisted dying before providing a reasonable level of livable income, shows governments don't care, doctors don't care, Canadians don't care and they're finding eugenic solutions, preferable positions. It didn't have to be this way. 'They' (discriminatory ableists) want it this way and keep it status quo. #PovertyReductionStolen People who make it this way do see assisted suicide as something fitting less valuable citizens, something not even worth attempted remedy and even something profitable. I read that 1/3 of Canada thinks poverty alone should make a person eligible for assisted medical suicide. My heart goes out to everyone who's been struggling to live and thrive, without fair governmental support. #DERB "Poverty is the worst form of violence"-- Mahatma Gandhi

[@AllisonWallace-dv5dr]

I can't share my extensive thoughts here. Aside from terminal patients, I think this is unethical and I'm highly concerned about the professionals advocating for it. Their demeanors are glib and disturbing.

[@Debbica]

And mental deterioration is worse then cancer

[@joecheffo5942]

I am suffering beyond what I can handle. I don’t need a doctor to kill me. I just need the government to stop completely prohibiting the peaceful drugs used to peacefully exit. Obviously, they have to be regulated to some degree. But the same drugs that are used to euthanize pets are exactly the same that people want who are suffering.. the drugs exist, they are available, we are just not allowing humans to use them. That’s the government. So I’m not saying the government should do anything they should just step out of the way and let the manufacturers of these drugs sell them at least two medical professionals who can prescribe them.

[@murhasta6952]

I’ve dealt with many of the thing this guy expressed in the beginning of the video, homelessness, no family, depression and suicidal tendencies… but I eventually got better. Offering people the right to kill themselves only robs them of the chance that they might not always feel that way

[@KristiA72]

I wish this was available in Australia for mental illness…it’s our choice if we’ve had enough..,,

[@KyleEvra]

Agreed.

[@99skyroxx]

I am in tyrannical Canada & this video will not play, this is how we live now. Thx anyway.

[@jobrownsmith116]

Are you signed in ? There's a warning of ''Viewer discretion''. Maybe a age restriction also?

[@coolerking7427]

@@jobrownsmith116 Trudeaus internet censorship. Better get a VPN.

[@jobrownsmith116]

@@coolerking7427 yup, good point.

[@browneyedgirl1542]

What people don’t understand is some people can’t be helped. Depression can be a terminal mental cancer.

[@sandyharris9676]

Option 1: living with mental illness Option 2: death Option 3: being at minimum properly cared for with dignity and omitting poverty and food scarcity and homelessness, or best case scenario, cured isn't an option. It's a wish, a dream, a fantasy. Making people wait for that, when it's not even in the works on any level, is cruel. The suffering is real, and it's now. Other countries have found incredibly appropriate ways to care for, house, feed, give dignity to those with disabilities so the answers are mostly available. It's government and greedy corporations choosing profits over people or wasting tax dollars or starving our Healthcare system of funding. Money is the God that is worshipped in all of North America over anything else. It is humanmade, and it is humankilling. To those corporations and government officials, my message is: just because you can, doesn't mean you should! Find your moral compass and do better. People before profits, always, as a bare minimum for living standards.

[@user-wj1jl9wm4c]

My main concern besides family/friends coercing a person to do this for financial gain is that the procedure must be painless and quick for the patient.

[@Hannah11235]

Was struggling with depression and other issues. Jesus healed me and brought peace and joy back to my life ❤ He can do the same for you. Seek Him with a genuine, humble, and repentant heart and He will reveal His existence to you.

[@atibarfatpirjada8409]

Would you opt for maid if it made available for you during that time?

[@hannahsdrawings8664]

Or maybe the plan He had for you wasn't the plan He have for others just he had the plan for himself to die on the cross, for Judas to betray him then regret and hang himself on the branch. Some commit suicide through smoking cigarettes, others through unhealthy food, some go for euthanasia. Many deaths are self-inflicted. let's not be hypocrites.

[@lindalee621]

Why Rosina can't get the access to proper medical care and home support for disabilities in Canada.

[@joecheffo5942]

Because it is far, far, from a perfect world. In Ukrain, Russians have made torture chambers to torture and kill people. Millions of kids starve to death every year. This woman CHOSE a peaceful death and was lucky enough to be in one of the few countries in the world to give it. Why are you not more concerned about children who starve to death, turn to living skeletons? Because you say a propaganda video on Rosina.

[@regandouglas]

Because it's Canada and we're too greedy here to fund the resources she needs.

[@tanyat105]

I can understand nothing helps mental illness for some people, but like the woman said if there was a human there with her it would help. Why can't we spare someone but yet we can simply make them extinct. It's all very sad.

[@JHabc]

Nothing helps when they won’t provide any treatment. My mental illness was well treated when I came to Canada. I can’t get any dignified treatment here.

[@KyleEvra]

Not sad.

[@Anotherhumanexisting]

I want this so bad. Would Canada accept someone coming in from another country to pursue MAiD?

[@thegreatest3651]

Well if they actually try all the medication out there first to help people then it should be pursued as a last resort.

[@user-ko2fq2hg8b]

​@@thegreatest3651Why? Medication isn't the end all be all.

[@thegreatest3651]

@@user-ko2fq2hg8b It definitely can help though and there is a lot out there to try first

[@noname29288]

Can someone tell me how can someone from USA do this? I’m 28 and I’ve tried to take my life multiple times no success so do we have to be citizens of that country?

[@psyville]

Move to a state where it's legalized

[@alisondane8150]

Making some people struggle below the poverty line, resulting in their life being absolutely unbearable is terrible. This should be addressed before offering MAiD, seems like medical negligence.

[@tzortizious]

The man at the beginning of the video has all the same problems that I have. I'm too weak to fight in life and I want a way out, I'm sick of living.

[@mandyy4802]

Hey man, hang in there!!! Things are not always going to be like this!!! And I know this is going to come out of the left field but I highly recommend learning about Islam, which contains the truth and meaning of life. If nothing is working for you right now, at least learn the truth of our existence, you know? And I think you will find great solace in it.

[@JustDuckiest]

Wish I could hug all these people. I respect and am glad for MAiD, but it really should be the last option for people who would live if it's possible they could improve their situation. It breaks my heart that people were so alone in their suffering that they decided to end it. Ugh. This world is a harsh, cruel place sometimes.

[@jdaly5822]

That hug could save, and perhaps that is the first hug in a lifetime, which is deeply heartbreaking.

[@vannavanity1195]

Last option is a delusion. No one can reason that

[@lindelwanothandongcobo8863]

This is so great I wish we had it in South Africa

[@galemartin9155]

Everyone must choose their own path.

[@MultipleGrievance]

"The government's euthanasia program " Yup , that sounds like something you would find in a book discussing 1930s germany .......

[@Rita-pe8vx]

Heartbreaking

[@paulinefriend9455]

My sister--in-law is a very special human being, yet God did not show her any mercy, if there is a God! She has been in pain since she was 3 years old, both physically and emotionally. She is 47 now and doesn't want to live any longer, but freighting of death by suicide!

[@Dan-kx4lp]

If you go with MAID your last HOURS will be a sensation of drowning as fluid builds up in your lungs and the paralytics that are given first; will keep you from calling out for help....That is your dying with dignity, that is the "mercy" you're bestowing on your friends, family, or just a fellow human being.

[@darrellternes9356]

What are you talking about? It takes 5-7 minutes to die after being given the injection, not hours.

[@photographyenthusiast9941]

That’s not true. The autopsies are revealing that the people are drowning and that it could take up to 24 hours.

[@DanielleAshlyn]

Wish this was in America 😔

[@pinkheartfairy]

This is so hurting to see ... Life is precious. May be they pain is unberable due to chronic sufferings and they prefer to die probably.

[@DerekMatzeg]

I requested MAiD in Alberta but they refused my requests

[@evangelesong6319]

Jesus loves you. You are not alone. For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life ❤

[@nedthestaffieegan3452]

Oh that poor chap at the beginning of the video. I relate to everything he has said and I have nothing but compassion and empathy for him. For me it wasn't always this way, but it progressed from minor issues to severe depressive episodes that crippled me. When the only people you know and your only support system give up on you, because it's too much hassle for them, the damage can be brutal. It's bad enough being severely depressed, only to be faced with the additional pain of losing everything and feeling you don't matter. This makes it much much harder to pull out of severe episodes, as there's no one rooting for you to remind you that you matter, and all you have is the inner critic reminding you that you are worthless. This is the most dangerous time when it comes to making decisions as there is no one to support objectivity. When you feel no one would care or notice if you didn't exist, the chances of taking this maid options are high. If it had been available in my country, I would definitely have availed of this program as a means to escape. While I agree with the freedom of choice about certain situations, mental health is tricky and too much of a risk. No one should feel they have no other options due to loneliness, or having no human connections to remind them they are loved and their lives are precious, they are precious and someone cares for them to help them get through the darkness 🫂

[@pugilemoltobene3708]

How do we get ahold of these saints? These angels are needed everywhere. We must support these heroes. Can they come immediately, like same-day?

[@EarJuice]

Soon the Jews won't just be eligible but it'll become mandated. Or learn from the past.

[@snotsnot]

I hate Canada its a nightmare here

[@joecheffo5942]

Choice is nightmare?

[@cardodalisayjr.9121]

Come to Philippines. We are like living in paradise here.

[@Kristina.Butterfly]

What does it matter what its driver by?

[@christopherleubner6633]

2024, Maid is offered... 2030 You have missed productivity quotas and your internet search has indicated unapproved criteria. Therefore we have sceduled your euthanasia appointment. Feel free to visit a stop and drop kiosk or request an appeal of this decision with a AI caseworker.💀💀💀

[@user-qo8ko5sx3e]

My Mom just had a MAID plan. She had dementia. She wanted this from the time of her diagnosis, seven years ago. It was a hard journey. It is over, but not for me.

[@Kristina.Butterfly]

Show someone like me, beautiful to the eye, you can’t see my suffering, with worlds shallow judging

[@Borka23]

Sad, so very sad.

[@richardtibbetts574]

I was in prison once, and each housing unit, had three pods that surrounded an inner guard tower. We were all getting ready for “movement” to the chow hall for dinner. At the very same time, an inmate in a pod directly across from mine, decided to announce he was going to kill himself by jumping off the third tier. Prison can really desensitize a a person, and instead of showing sympathy and concern, everyone, it seemed, had the attitude of “Hurry up and jump already”. “We’re fucking HUNGRY, and you’re holding up the show”

[@swankyb9454]

I experienced something similar in prison. One of the inmates in my pod of about 90 people had managed to hang himself by using a sheet and tying it to the end of the bunkbed and just sitting down. The entire pod knew he was hanging there dead but wanted to make sure the guards didnt find him until breakfast was served. Prison reduces people to the most base, savage instincts. Things like caring, loyalty, friendship,empathy are considered weak and you cant survive long in there with that mindset.

[@cozyhaven6835]

I'm so sad for people who were looking forward to ending their purely mental suffering, and now the law around that has been pushed back another three years.

[@rhondawentzell6959]

Why is the share button nonexistent on this video.

[@oddassembler]

Play the rat race and pay your taxes. If you dont want to anymore, chill yourself. That is what this law does. It decreases the burden on the government and public of taking care of the sick.

[@maxim3830]

Are you willing to take over government's and public's job? If not, don't make others suffer because of your hollow "principles".

[@derekpam7149]

I agree we Canadians have been paying for so many that can work for to long but physical illness or terminal no they should be taken care of. The 25 yr old with 5 kids should never be getting welfare. These are the true drain on our system. Did you know the natives can get welfare, child tax AND reserve money? That’s our true drain not the true disabled. However the young lazy ones don’t want to die so this won’t fix the drain on us.

[@sylviamontaez3889]

If you're truly willing to put a price on human life, then u have no morals left.

[@KyleEvra]

Human Life 😂 You Pronatalists and Breeders act like Humans are Soo Precious. 🙄😒

[@muaythaigal9987]

Once you have asked for help for a mental or physical condition (ie depression, anxiety, pain management), you're marked by the medical community. It's very sad because "mentally ill" patients have a 40% higher mortality rate than people who don't have anything on their medical record. "It's all in your head" mentality is crippling those of us who truly struggle. They won't give us the proper medication because it could lead to dependency, and yet a lot of those same people resort to illicit drugs to forget or to numb the pain. I blame the medical practitioners for not listening to us. I am not a drug seeker. We are people who are seriously asking for something to calm our brains and give us some SAFE relief. When all is said and done; MAID is cheaper than keeping someone alive. It's the sad truth of things. I'm not against it, I am merely stating the issue at hand.

[@BC-du5hm]

Taking ur life as an adult should be a human right. Its ur life and only you can decide. If you do, you should not be made to feel bad or Demonized. I think you have to be very brave to want to end ur life. Is contrary to the popular belief.

[@user-uq6qh4ve7b]

do they tell you what happens as you die under MAID? What it does to your breathing after the anaesthesia wears of ffor the 20 hours you are in the process. I have heard you drowned. I would ask if these questions to see if this is the most humane way to die.

[@Lala.Intuitive]

What else happened in year 2016? Everything has been horrific since then.

[@thatcanadiangrandma]

You assumed that it would happen in March 2024, before everything was finalized. It is again reported and may never be effective for people with chronic mental illness as the sole condition.

[@fionabattrum7395]

Those who have had the standard of care applied should ABSOLUTELY have the right to determine what is intolerable suffering.

[@user-of6er3gh5d]

This is Canada’s description of healthcare Killem’ Ingenious!! Great way to save $$ on the national debt!

[@tombakersfield742]

Should be legal for consenting adults

[@coolerking7427]

The government loves it. In fact they are expanding it too kids. It will save the government lots of money. Its a disgusting cruel practice.

[@user-kp3ks1sd4k]

Is maid available in Canada now for mental illness?

[@JHabc]

It was just postponed again. But so called advocates claim it’s discriminating against the mentally ill. Without calling out how we are being discriminated against when we want to kill ourselves and can’t get any treatment. It’s insane

[@Timetravel755]

They have delayed the decision

[@Anotherhumanexisting]

I really wish they would go forward with it… so many people are suffering.

[@joecheffo5942]

Religious fanatics don't care about suffering. Ironically, suicide is not even mentioned in the Bible. @@Anotherhumanexisting

[@JHabc]

I wish there was a functioning mental health system so that death wasn’t my only way out. I don’t need a doctor to do what I could already do for myself. I need care to make living tolerable. That shouldn’t be too much to ask for

[@silversilver0]

I feel so bad for the poor man at the beginning 😢 ❤

[@Manas999_9]

I am a 35 year old immigrant. I am a peaceful, non-violent, anti-casteist student of Buddhadhamma. I have always been. How many lifetimes back did I first take refuge within The Threefold-Precious-Gem - The Buddha, The Dhamma, and The Sangha, I do not know. My biological casteist & patriarchal family was miseducated in the 60s and 70s in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Uttar Pradesh has been the epicentre of Hindutva operations in India. They, having received an 'education' which failed to inculcate any values within them of peace, loving-kindness, compassion, humility, leapt at the chance to migrate to a South-East Asian country which was seen as some sort of paradise: Singapura. They, alongside numerous other Indian immigrant families, failed to consider the cruel shrewdness of the Chinese who clearly saw their authoritarian position in Singapura to be vulnerable to the caste-consciousness of the Indian immigrants, who had a good share of race and caste related controversies/tragedies under their belt. Why should the Chinese of Singapura provide access to their educational facilities to Indian immigrants who would then live their lives purely on the basis of their caste networks? Not that the Chinese were particularly anti-racist, anti-colorist, or against anti-Black discrimination - Singapura is a fake, phony, authoritarian fantasyland which dazzles with its wealth and supposed miraculous successes. The Chinese of Singapura recognized the caste-consciousness of these Indian immigrants and were well prepared to ensure that their supremacy within this tiny island would never be assailed by Brahminical Patriarchy. I was one of these immigrants, arriving in Singapura as a 1 year old. As a Permanent Resident, I went through the hell concocted by the supposedly democratic Singapura. One of my first experiences of traumatization was at Bethesda kindergarten in a neighborhood known as Ang Mo Kio. The instances of traumatization continued at Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School in Yishun, where the principal was a grotesquely ugly and repulsive Chinese woman named Mrs Chan Kwai Foong. I experienced sexual abuse at age 9 from a complete stranger, while standing on my own doorstep. My trust in my casteist family had already been damaged by this age and I told nobody about what had happened, holding a single word in my mind: Truth. By age 12, I was completely dehumanized. It is a particular cruelty made possible by modern materialistic abundance, one which the Chinese have identified and prodigiously exploited, while ignorant casteists continued their chase of money regardless of the cost. My entire existence from 2000 onwards was a traumatized one, unable to form meaningful social connections at school while reeling from the bullying and neglect at home. I wrote my GCSE 'O' Levels as a dehumanized student in 2004 at North View Secondary School. I spent half a year at two Junior Colleges, Catholic Junior College and Innova Junior College, before being migrated to Canada in June 2005. After having received no meaningful healthcare, especially mental healthcare, in Singapura the advice given by the doctor to my biological mother at the clinic near Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute was "throw him out of the house". She had described all of the symptoms of depression to the Indian doctor while I sat there too traumatized to speak. I spent around a year at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute. I found that the immigrants here were consuming Black culture, while implementing no real solidarity, and were busy playing in the insipid Canadian popularity contest to be in closer proximity to whiteness. I applied for and was accepted into white supremacist spaces that market themselves under the term 'university'. I wasn't at all proud or excited. No one around me actually cared about knowledge beyond how they could exploit it to expand upon their self-cherishing attitude, and subsequently their economic status. I chose to attend a space which describes itself as "university of waterloo" in the city of Waterloo Ontario. I was initially enrolled in the Computer Engineering program in the Engineering faculty. I found a sexist, racist, casteist, colorist, religiously-bigoted cohort which had a handful of women in a class of over a hundred. The sexual abuse I experienced at age 9 was not treated or addressed, and in the decade since several more layers of trauma had been forced into my existence, with not one responsible person or group around to recognize and address the situation. I barely passed the first term, spent 4 months working full-time as a Systems & Network Administrator at Matcor Automotive in Brampton, and then returned to the campus. I could recognize that something wasn't right. I was not comfortable with studying nor working. I lacked the ability to clearly understand and describe the difficulties I faced, which I can now understand as dehumanization. I failed the second term horrendously, as did plenty of other students. I spent 8 months working at Matcor Automotive again, and then I repeated the failed term. I did better, I passed all of my courses, but I did not meet the cutoff required for continuing in the Engineering faculty. None of my mental health concerns had been addressed or taken seriously, and I had developed a distrust of the Canadian healthcare system. I was forced to self-medicate through whichever methods I could find through trial-and-error. I found working to be unethical and uncomfortable, knowing on some level that this is not how a democratic, free, independent existence should be like. I chose to continue to study, not having much of any choice. I was taking on government OSAP loans which I took seriously and was determined to learn, in spite of my damaged humanity. I continued in the Science faculty after requesting a transfer. I wasn't quite sure what I would take, I found a program called Computational Science and thought it sounded interesting. The professor responsible for the program suggested that I take a Differential Equations course in the Fall 2009 term. I found out in that term what I had been experiencing and struggling against. It was hate. Hatred of truth, hatred of love - hatred of that which human beings can not exert control and domination upon.

[@Manas999_9]

I struggled for 2 years onwards after experiencing a strong emotion for another student who was taking MATH 228 in the Fall 2009 term. I applied that emotion towards myself, having no ability to express what I was experiencing. At the end of the first week of November 2011, I engaged in a peaceful, non-violent protest against the normalization of my dehumanization by everyone around me, at home, at school, at university, in the doctors' offices, and at workplaces. I was arrested a week after my 23rd birthday. I had experienced being mentally suicidal before, but the arrest led to me experiencing for the first and only time in my life the emotion of wanting to commit suicide. Throughout the 2 year ordeal which was to follow, everyone I interacted with was white, at the police, in the lawyer's office, in the courthouse, in the probation office, and at the 'domestic violence' workshop I was forced to attend (which had one Black man working as a facilitator whom I appreciate and respect endlessly). The 'crown prosecutor' made no attempt to interact with me or attempt to investigate any further into a life in which I had no choices at any point whatsoever, and had only trauma to my name. I would walk on the streets of Waterloo, minding my own business and would be treated like a rapist by the white and fair-skinned population here. I would study and read by myself at university and be treated like a rapist by the white and asian, and largely Christian, students around me. I returned to "University of Waterloo" around a year after the arrest. I continued in my sincere, genuine attempt to attain an education with which I may form my livelihood. While I was in Engineering, I had met with a David Brush in the Engineering faculty, he had printed out the webpage of Conestoga College in front of me, while I was in his office, and handed it to me - as though to say "go be a dehumanized human being at Conestoga College, n*****". While in the Science faculty, I would regularly face challenges from the Mathematics Faculty when attempting to take courses which I was interested, and qualified for. They would review my entire academic record, all the way back to the failed term in 2007, and use that as a reason for denying me from taking courses which I had completed the pre-requisites for, and which the professors had no issues with me being enrolled in. The Engineering faculty would tell me that they would not consider any petitions for a term which was taken more than 5 years ago, while the Mathematics faculty had no issues with discriminating against me for a term taken more than 5 years back, repeatedly reminding me of one of the worst moments in my life. I would relay this to my counselor Dave Logan, in near real time. I would explain the causes & conditions for my deteriorating mental health. He would and could do nothing beyond write letters. The repeated traumatization, re-traumatization serves the white and fair-skinned Christian population at this campus to "teach" everyone else that they are the best in every possible way, in every possible field of knowledge. I visited an office named "Conflict Management & Human Rights" in the Mathematics & Computer Science building where a white male named Jeremy DeBoer printed out a form in front of me and handed it to me, when I attempted to explain that I was being discriminated against on the basis of my past poor mental health, which I was attempting to take responsibility for through regular counseling sessions with Dave Logan, and appointments with the psychiatrist on the campus Dr. Snelgrove. I did not fill in or complete that form. It seemed like Jeremy DeBoer was attempting to tell me, on behalf of all whites and Christians, "f*** off, n*****, we do not care. you can submit the form if you really want to, we will simply traumatize you in a few weeks from now." The last straw was when I was at an appointment with Doctor Snelgrove, a regular appointment of half an hour. I had borrowed a car to be there, and paid for half an hour worth's of parking. When I returned, within 5 minutes of the expiry of the parking ticket, I had received an infraction, as had a young couple with an infant with them, clearly they were there to meet with a doctor on account of the infant's health. I have had to wait there for hours at a time, it is not possible to leave to pay for a longer parking coupon without potentially losing your place. I protested and was given a further ticket. My emails to the university were treated in a childish, infantile, immature and dismissive way, the fact that I was there to meet with my psychiatrist completely ignored. I left the "university" without a degree, but still had OSAP loans that were to be paid off. I was traumatized and had no healthcare. I had visited SorbaraLaw as well to attempt to describe how health, and mental health, were not being taken seriously by the "university", the white woman pranced off in front of me and my biological parents telling us, "my rate is $150 an hour". I was further traumatized as a gang of white males yelled "p****" and "clown" at me while I was attempting to take a peaceful walk by myself in November 2016 in an attempt to improve my mental health on my own. When I wrote about this and on Medium.com, I was visited by Waterloo Police who forced me to go to Grand River Hospital where I was made to sit for an entire day without anything to eat or drink. When seen by an on-duty nurse, she gave me an "egg sandwich" to eat which I took one bite of, spat out and threw away. The event left me completely drained, and felt completely unsafe in my own house in a neighbourhood which I had lived in for around a decade. There had been meetings of the Anti-Racism Directorate, one of which was held in Kitchener City Hall which I attended. I have not heard of any of the suffering voices of struggle within this cruel, hostile, toxic city, province, and country before or since. The suffering which Canada ignores while pretending that everything were acceptable is staggering.

[@Manas999_9]

I fled Canada. But before I left, I had attempted to express to Dr. Sandhya Gokhale that I was finding it impossible to study or work without experiencing serious traumatization. Rather than do anything about my situation, she told my abusive, cruel, neglectful biological father Ajay Bhatnagar, an employee of BlackBerry and graduate of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, to apply for ODSP on my behalf. I found this repulsive, I could not look at the forms which this abusive individual who is my biological father gave to me. Nobody cared about recognizing the situation and addressing anything. They all took the easiest way out, where neither white supremacy nor Brahminical patriarchy would have to accept accountability nor take responsibility, at the expense of my life. My former partner of 7 years was diagnosed with melanoma, at an advanced stage, at age 20 - we met a day after her diagnosis. She has applied several times for ODSP with official documentation and diagnosis and been denied, while I receive ODSP without any recognition of the truth of my condition. While in Bengaluru, India, I heard from a cousin that a third student had committed suicide at "University of Waterloo", the third suicide in 3 consecutive terms. I found out that there had been 9 recent suicides at "University of Toronto". There was no rigorous, in-depth, careful, and truthful investigation at any level of government, society, nor on an international level. All I heard was that $30 Million dollars were granted to "University of Waterloo" for "mental health". It was as though what should have been leadership was merely playing a city building simulator, such as SimCity. There were no repercussions, there were no consequences, there was nothing but the deafening silence of knowing that this would be yet another trauma for us to swallow and continue to pretend that things weren't far beyond broken. As a dehumanized person, I had returned to India. I lived there for around a year. I have taught myself the operation of computer systems and networks, I have contributed several petabytes of secure routing to networks created through Open Source Software. I have been the first to report several serious bugs in major Open Source Software projects, such as FreeBSD. On this basis, I interviewed fairly for and won 2 job offers. One at Vipre in Burnaby, British Columbia, as Senior Systems Engineer. The other was at Nylas, as Senior Site Reliability Engineer. In both instances I was severely traumatized and was forced to cease working. I had no doctor in both instances. On 12th February 2021, while working from home for Nylas, I was a 32 year old with not one trauma-free, joyful year of life to look back on. I was traumatized to the extent of re-living my 32 years of trauma at one unavoidable, excruciating length, including the trauma from having another attempt at working brutally stifled. I attempted to raise a human rights concern once again. I called Ontario Human Rights Legal Aid, whose offices are located in Toronto. They spent a great deal of time asking me several questions, the person on the phone regularly placing me on hold as though receiving instructions from someone else who was listening in on the call. They told me that they didn't think there was a human rights violation and that I should "seek accommodation" for the job which I was far too traumatized to continue, I have no idea what this means. When I protested, they relented and offered me an appointment with a lawyer. I was disgusted and I closed off all contact with the outside world, I did not follow up with the lawyer. I was once again left to tend to my wounds, with only my partner by my side, we have since ended our 7 year loving, compassionate, respectful relationship.

[@Manas999_9]

I took walks in the forest daily, a three hour circuit, sometimes twice a day. I worked on hand-made geometric art, with techniques I devised. I worked on a bicycle I had bought several years earlier. I had only nature and Buddhadhamma as my guides, I had only a drop of love for nourishment. In 2022, 22 years after being completely dehumanized, and 2 years into a global pandemic, I experienced complete ostracization and total isolation. Through this awful situation, I continued along The Noble Eightfold Path as I had been for my entire life, and through previous rebirths. In 2022, 22 years after being completely dehumanized, and 2 years into a global pandemic, I re-humanized and (re)educated myself. I continue to be completely ostracized and totally isolated. I collect ODSP only to use it to feed my 2 credit cards, upon which I have ten thousand dollars of debt. I owe the emergency dentist $3000 for a dental implant and crown to replace a tooth which had a root canal completed in 2011 which has now completely disintegrated. Counseling in this city only implements 8 hours at a time, regardless of the context or the situation. Given that the professional in this documentary by Al Jazeera has said that these illnesses can take ten to fifteen years to fully recover and heal from, what good does 8 hours do? I attended counseling at KW Counseling (now Camino Wellbeing) both as an individual and as a family. Neither was of any consequence. I can, however, receive endless medication. Every instance of traumatization, there is nobody there to turn to, to reach out to. Politicians and political parties are merely engaged in formulaic exercises, regardless of anything and everything anyone attempts to express or do anywhere. Nobody bothers to be healthy, they pretend to be perfect so that they can be in greater proximity to whiteness. A whiteness which doesn't care for itself, doesn't care for anyone or anything. A whiteness which claims to be the only ones worthy of a university-level education in spite of clearly lacking a clear understanding of what humanity is, inability to identify dehumanized human beings, and certainly not having any capacity to nourish anyone's humanity? Death is respite from this atrociousness. If not for the unknown number of rebirths of my previous lifetimes, if not for my sincere, genuine attempt to implement Right Livelihood upon The Noble Eightfold Path, through peaceful, non-violent means, deeply connected to loving-kindness, compassion, humility, truth, love, respect, peace, why would I have not only survived this grotesque experience, but have re-humanized & (re)educated myself, alone, by myself, through complete ostracization & total isolation? Does this really sound like a country that has done all that is possible before opening a pipeline for the authorized suicides of those suffering here? --- I take all of your suffering, past, present, and future. I give to you all of my joy and happiness. 🤎

[@SunflowerFlowerEmpire]

Most people feel entitled to continue gaining more from the world, while most people who are dreadfully affected by mental health and real barriers in life are expected to suffer. Suffer by being isolated, loving near destitute and well below poverty line, no dignity. They are selfless. They realize the burden on themselves and the greater society. The see that there is no real support. There is no real will in government and the economy to really desire to help people have their basic needs met. The system expects those under privileged to all scramble and fight over scraps! The world makes it illegal to be homeless and rough sleeping. It's illegal to sleep out there if you're homeless. But it's legal to have up to a certain. Amount of intoxication while you operate a vehicle ! It's OK to consume alcohol every weekend at a BBQ until you're passed put wasted and develop lover disease and rely on the Healthcare system for life and drain resources It's OK to be a drain that way. But society says you're a drain. If you're on welfare? People who are forced to love below their means ?! The world is sadistic and prefers people to have dirty end of life rather than medically assisted and dignified end of life. It's not the individuals right? That's saying we don't truly have autonomy over ourselves.