The Veterans Affairs Canada service agent who the department says was responsible for all four confirmed cases of medical assistance in dying (MAID) being discussed with veterans is no longer an employee, CTV News has confirmed.
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.
Veterans Affairs can find nothing in its files to suggest that a former member of the military a paralympic athlete was offered medical assistance in dying by a department employee, the department’s deputy minister told a House of Commons committee on Monday.