Despite the Canadian government’s insistence that assisted suicide is all about individual autonomy, it has also kept an eye on its fiscal advantages. Even before Bill C-7 entered into force, the country’s Parliamentary Budget Officer published a report about the cost savings it would create: whereas the old MAID regime saved $86.9 million per year – a ‘net cost reduction’, in the sterile words of the report – Bill C-7 would create additional net savings of $62 million per year. Healthcare, particular for those suffering from chronic conditions, is expensive; but assisted suicide only costs the taxpayer $2,327 per ‘case’. And, of course, those who have to rely wholly on government-provided Medicare pose a far greater burden on the exchequer than those who have savings or private insurance.
Wtf bros, is canada based now?
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cut homelessness in half
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Im unironically completely for this. Might be the only based thing Canada has ever done
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Uggos and r-slurs killing themselves would save not only money, but a whole lot of suffering.
There's nothing worse than having to look at an uggo.
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Article says a net savings of $148.9 million
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God I hope therapists start reccomending this to patients. Then people that fall for the therapy cult would finally go away.
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Lmao imagine. You scrounge up enough money to finally get some help and they just tell you to end it all
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I told my therapist I was suicidal
He told me to pay in advance
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I thought maybe this was just rightoid seething but they are legit going to kill literally anyone who wants it starting next year.
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Suicide tourism when?
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WTF I love leafs now
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God, imagine how efficient a country would be if you just killed all the poors, fats, weaks and olds. You'd have so much money freed up from social security and safety nets.
Haha its not like God would ever give us the opportunity to rid millions of poors, fats, weaks and olds and then frick up the world for 2-3 years to make sure the poors, fats, olds, and weaks could survive. Haha that would never happen.
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Rake the leaves
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canada is based on what now
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Western freedom is about having the choice between snacking on yummy cricket chips in your pod or downing a glass of government-subsidized sodium pentobarbital. Finally, the dreams of our forefathers have been realized.
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Snapshots:
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
ghostarchive.org (click to archive)
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Are the conservatives ever wrong about these things?
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