CBC news is once again providing one-sided propaganda of killing by euthanasia (MAiD) in Canada. This time the CBC news Edmonton article that was created by Emily Rae Pasiuk attacks Alberta Bill 18, the government bill that will provide oversight for euthanasia in Alberta.
Essentially Bill 18 requires a person to have a 12 month terminal prognosis and the person would need to ask for euthanasia rather than have the doctor offer it. Bill 18 also prevents the further expansion of euthanasia in Alberta.
Pasiuk uses the typical CBC propaganda style where she quotes from one group that supports Bill 18 and then includes several stories opposing Bill 18. Worst of all, she creates a false mystique around Bill 18 to rile up the readers.
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The reference for Pasiuk’s article is a letter published in the Edmonton Journal on March 27 that was signed by 25 euthanasia (MAiD) providers who oppose Bill 18. Pasiuk states:
Some health-care workers who either directly provide medical assistance in dying or work in that field say they are strongly opposed to Bill 18 — which, if passed, would prevent doctors or nurse practitioners from administering MAID to patients if they are unlikely to die within the next 12 months.
“The proposed mandates and sanctions place clinicians in ethically untenable positions, undermining professional judgment and eroding trust within the therapeutic relationship,” the letter reads, in part.
Pasiuk does quote Trish Bowman the CEO of the disability rights group Inclusion Alberta, who said:
“We know it reinforces incredibly negative and dangerous stereotypes about the value and worth of the lives of people with disabilities. And so we’re very pleased to see this legislation today that serves to protect them,” Bowman said on the day the bill was introduced.
Pasiuk then interviews Judy McPherson, whose son Brian, was killed by euthanasia (MAiD) last year. Brian was a Paralympic athlete who was featured in several previous CBC articles as an example of a person with disabilities who was killed by euthanasia. Pasiuk made sure to follow Bowman’s short quote with McPherson’s story.
Dr Adrian Wagg who has done hundreds of “euthanasia assessments” was quoted next. Pasiuk writes:
He said a lot of track 2 requests have involved chronic neurodegenerative diseases; things like ALS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis for individuals who, “in their opinion, have no quality of life and are suffering daily. And those individuals would be ineligible.”
It is important to note that Wagg has not only done hundreds of assessments, he has killed hundreds of people. Referring to assessments is less controversial than referring to deaths.
Nonetheless, Wagg is suggesting that some people with ALS, Parkinson’s disease or MS have “no quality of life.” I have known many people with these conditions, so I am not negating the difficulty of living with these conditions, but Wagg is actually saying that they are “better off dead.” In the current culture Wagg is upheld as compassionate. In reality Wagg’s attitude is eugenic as he supports killing people with disabilities.
Eugenics is a very dangerous ideology. Inclusion Canada, and other leading disability groups recognize that Track 2 euthanasia deaths (killing someone who is not terminally ill) always concerns a person with a disability and is based on a eugenic ideology that some people need to be killed.
What does Alberta Bill 18 actually do?
Bill 18 will create greater oversight of (MAiD) euthanasia in Alberta through their provincial powers and it accomplishes a few key outcomes. Bill 18 will:
- require the individual to have a 12 month terminal prognosis, thus preventing Track 2 euthanasia approvals. Track 2 refers to euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill.
- prevent the expansion of euthanasia to people with mental illness alone,
- prevent the expansion of euthanasia to “mature minors”, prevent euthanasia for people who cannot consent, prevent euthanasia by advanced request.
- prevent out of province referrals,
- require the assessor to contact other practitioners who have cared for the patient, before approval.
- require (MAiD) euthanasia practitioners to receive specific training,
- prevent health care practitioners from introducing euthanasia, without a request,
- require Regulatory Colleges to sanction practitioners who violate the act.
- provide conscience rights by enabling practitioners to refuse to participate or provide assessments for (MAiD) euthanasia,
- enable institutions to refuse to participate or provide assessments for euthanasia,
- practitioners who refuse to participate or provide assessments to provide information to patients wanting to access euthanasia.
Alberta Health Services released its 2025 (MAiD) euthanasia data indicating that there were 1,242 reported euthanasia deaths in Alberta which was up by more than 11% from 1,117 in 2024. Alberta represents 11.8% of Canada’s population.
CBC is known for it’s pro-death ideology and reporting. Emily Rae Pasiuk’s report is one of many ideologically based propaganda articles promoting killing by euthanasia (MAiD).
LifeNews.com Note: Alex Schadenberg is the executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and you can read his blog here.
