Retired Canadian corporal and paraplegic Christine Gauthier told the country's House of Commons last week that the Department of Veterans Affairs offered her medical assistance in dying after she requested accommodations for her home.
"With respect to me, I have a letter in my file, because I had to face that as well," Gauthier testified in French."I have a letter saying that if you're so desperate, madam, we can offer you MAID, medical assistance in dying."TOXIC MASCULINITY: AVATAR DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON LABELS TESTOSTERONE 'A TOXIN'
Upon hearing of her case last week, Trudeau said,"We are following up with investigations, and we are changing protocols to ensure what should seem obvious to all of us: that it is not the place of Veterans Affairs Canada, who are supposed to be there to support those people who stepped up to serve their country, to offer them medical assistance in dying."
Following Gauthier's claim, Canadian Deputy Minister Paul Ledwell told the veterans affairs committee Monday that after pouring through more than 400,000 files, there is no evidence that an employee offered MAID to the former athlete.
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