Whistleblowers say Canadian doctors pressured them to accept euthanasia amid long-term disabilities

Canada legalized “medical assistance in dying” ( MAID ) in 2016 , allowing doctors to help kill patients.

Whistleblowers Heather Hancock and Roger Foley tell The Federalist that Canadian doctors pressured them to accept euthanasia amid long-term disabilities.

Dying With Dignity Canada has even pushed to expand the legislation to include “mature minors”.

Roger Foley has cerebellar ataxia , a chronic maladies that make movement difficult.

He said staff at a Canadian hospital withheld food and water from him, and pushed MAID four times.

Foley said he has been at the Victoria Hospital at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in Ontario for nearly nine years .

Roger Foley says he felt pressured to accept euthanasia at London Health Sciences Centre in Canada .

Foley said he was suicidal after being offered MAID, but requested to cancel the appointment.

He said he later found the MAID assessment hadn’t been canceled, despite his request.

Foley leaked a recording of the conversation to The Federalist , and a letter to the Canadian government.