Canada is choosing to kill itself, one assisted suicide at a time

Published September 24, 2026 2:50pm ET



You’ve heard that Western countries are committing civilizational suicide through the adoption of “progressive” policies and dogma, but Canada is committing a quite literal suicide, euthanizing its population one by one.

Canada’s “medical assistance in dying” is the fastest-growing cause of death in Canada as well as the world’s fastest-growing “assisted dying” program. MAID is now the fifth-leading cause of death in Canada, responsible for 5% of all deaths in the country. For comparison, in 2024, more people in Canada were killed by euthanasia than were killed in the United States in gun homicides.

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