In 2024, 16,499 Canadians were euthanized, with rising numbers driven not by illness—but by poverty, chronic pain, and loneliness. Internal records show some are choosing death because they simply can’t afford to live.

REPORT: Canada just crossed a terrifying new line—more than 5% of all deaths last year were by euthanasia, and many victims weren’t even terminally ill.

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