Minister must launch investigation after veteran casually offered assisted death: Kamloops MP
KAMLOOPS — The MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo is calling the report of a brain-injured veteran being offered medical assistance in dying (MAID) unprompted by a Veterans Affairs Canada employee “reprehensible.”
Global News is reporting the veteran, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and the effects of a traumatic brain injury, was casually offered MAID despite the veteran never raising the subject. Global reports the offer deeply disturbed the veteran.
Frank Caputo is the official opposition’s critic for Veterans Affairs.
“To me, this is reprehensible. It’s wrong.” Caputo told CFJC Today. “It needs to be corrected and addressed.”