Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said it is unacceptable six Canadian veterans have been advised medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is the best solution for them. .“The heroes that protect our country and go to Veterans Affairs to get the services to which they are entitled, this government is now racking up an embarrassing and shameful record of having recommended medical assistance in dying,” said Poilievre in a Monday video. .“Can the prime minister having had time now, tell us exactly how many veterans have been recommended that their lives come to an end?” .Poilievre acknowledged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the leader who said veterans are asking for more than he can give. He added Trudeau is “the first prime minister who’s ever presided over a Veterans Affairs Department that recommends that the heroes who served our country should get medical assistance in dying instead of being given a good life, the one that they have earned.” .He said one veteran called the policy triple D. Triple D stands for delay, deny, and dead veterans. .Poilievre requested Trudeau provide him with the exact number. .Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told Baptist House pastor-teacher David Cooke in September he is opposed to allowing more groups to access MAiD. .READ MORE: Poilievre decries expanding assistance suicide to minors, mentally ill people.“I do not support expanding physician assisted suicide to minors or people who are unable to truly consent,” he said. .“Nor do I accept assisted suicide as a solution for mental illness.”
