Canada’s Minister of Veterans Affairs Lawrence MacAulay testified to a parliamentary committee on November 24 that his department had uncovered four instances of medical assistance in dying (MAID) being offered to veterans during an internal investigation in the wake of reporting on the issue in the summer of 2021.
Instead of helping a Canadian Army veteran and former Paralympian finally have a wheelchair lift installed in her home, a Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) staff member offered the woman a different option – medical assistance in dying (MAID), local media reported.