The Conservatives are calling for an investigation into allegations that a Veteran Affairs (VAC) worker recommended medical assistance in dying, or MAID, to a veteran seeking treatment for his injuries.
“It has come to my attention that a Veteran seeking access to treatment from Veterans Affairs Canada for PTSD and a traumatic brain injury related to their service was reportedly offered, entirely unprompted, access to Medical Assistance in Dying by a VAC employee,” read an Aug. 17 statement by Conservative MP Frank Caputo, the shadow minister for veterans affairs.
Caputo noted that VAC is not mandated to recommend assisted death as a medical option for veterans and said that the anonymous veteran in this situation “felt betrayed and disgusted by the suggestion.”…