Canada’s euthanasia program, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), is hurtling toward a dystopian abyss with proposals to kill disabled newborns. In a January 3, 2026, Western Standard op-ed by Anna Farrow, the Quebec College of Physicians (CMQ) revives its 2022 call for MAiD on infants from birth to one year with severe deformities or syndromes.
CMQ president Louis Roy first floated this before Parliament, igniting backlash. Then-Disabilities Minister Carla Qualtrough recoiled: “There is no world where I would accept that.” Yet, the CMQ persists. A Daily Mail inquiry revealed their stance: “Medical assistance in dying may be an appropriate treatment for babies suffering from extreme pain,” empowering parents to request it. This echoes the Netherlands’ Groningen Protocol, a eugenics blueprint for ending disabled infants’ lives.
Once killing is legalized, boundaries erode: Who decides? For what reasons? Most Canadians react with horror, rejecting this normalization of death. Statistics paint a grim picture: By December 31, 2024, MAiD claimed 76,475 lives since legalization, ballooning to an estimated 94,000 by January 2026, with 16,499 in 2024 alone. Expansions loom: Bill C-7 extended MAiD to mental illness (delayed to March 2027), while Bill C-218 aims to repeal it. A 2023 parliamentary report pushes MAiD for “mature minors,” prioritizing the child’s will over parents.
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children drafted 2018 policies allowing euthanasia for minors without parental consent.This trajectory exposes MAiD as a culture of death, preying on the vulnerable under mercy’s guise. It demands a fierce defense of life’s sanctity before innocence is sacrificed on ideology’s altar.