In response to French doctors ‘ pressure on them to embrace death, whistleblowers Heather Hancock and Roger Foley tell The Federalist.
Canada legalized “medical assistance in dying” ( MAID ) in 2016, legally permitting doctors to help kill patients. In 2021, lawmakers made an update that allowed the physician dying of people without a terminal diagnosis. Yet “mature minors” are being pushed by Dying With Dignity Canada to expand the law. Nazi Germany’s death system also included children.
” I’m so frightened for my people who are vulnerable”, says Angelina Ireland, executive director of the American Delta Hospice Society, a patient advocacy nonprofit organization.
According to a new report, “euthanasia officials have tracked 428 instances of conceivable legal breaches” in Ontario between 2018 and 2023, and none were reported to authorities. According to The Federalist, one doctor in Vancouver who has been charged with constantly breaking MAID regulations has assisted in the deaths of hundreds of patients. One family filed a lawsuit against the physician and her clinic for allegedly “unlawful administration of MAID,” alleging that this led to a clinical patient’s “wrongful death.”
The MAID procedure may appear grotesquely calm. In” clinician-administered” MAID,” a doctor or nurse practitioner instantly administers a chemical that causes death”.
As laid out in the MAID process for the Northwestern territories, this usually involves the treatment of many chemicals, including midazolam, a stimulant, ketamine, which induces a stupor, and rocuronium or cisatracurium, which paralyze muscles. This concoction, according to Ireland, gives off the appearance of quiet while a person goes into respiratory arrest.
The alternative method, often called” self-administered medical assistance in dying“, involves” a physician or nurse practitioner provid]ing ] or prescrib]ing ] a drug that the eligible person takes themselves, in order to bring about their own death”.
Pat Gray, an older person Ireland claimed is now deceased, emailed Ireland a signed petition from Ireland to The Federalist. A doctor reportedly encouraged Gray to embrace Lady, but she refused, according to the report.
” One time, she decided to offer me MAiD. I immediately said no and therefore showed her my download that said,’ With God all things are possible,'” the person wrote. ” ]I ] f God wants to use my life longer for even one more miracle, it will be worth it”.
In her doctor bed, Ireland visited Gray. Courtesy of Angelina Ireland
Gray’s oath, attesting to being pressured toward MAID. Courtesy of Angelina Ireland
Ireland called Canada’s death system the” American cull”, and blamed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau— who announced his , resignation , Monday— for allowing “government officials to kill people” . , But, she went on to say,” the damage is done” in Canada.
” Trying To Kill Me”
Hancock has cerebral palsy his whole career. She claimed to have experienced crippling body cramps since 2017. She claimed that medical personnel have repeatedly pushed her to take MAID.  ,
” This is eugenics”, Hancock said. ” I’ve absolutely had to suggest to my friends and family,’ If they kill me and tell you they got my consent, they’re lying.'”
She claimed that in 2018 she was taken to a clinic in Vancouver, British Columbia, as a result of terrible muscle cramps from her returning to her fingers. Hancock said there was a” change” from a visit in 2017 in how medical employees treated her. At the early explore,” some of them were quite condescending”, and an hospital physician asked if she’d considered MAID given her level of pain.
” I said,’ God gave me life, and he’s the only one who knows the number of my times,'” Hancock said.  ,
While in a “backlogged” American Columbia neural hospital in 2019, she said, a dentist offered MAID again.
She said,” I spent a whole week in the doorway with everyone walking by my bed,” adding that those of us who really needed neurological treatment were in the hallway. ” Medicians and other specialists may run into the medical students and do rounds.”
After she declined MAID afterwards, according to Hancock, issues went “downhill”. She had moved to Saskatchewan, a more remote county, when she went to a hospital in the city of Medicine Hat. She said a nurse there asked if Hancock had considered MAID, and told Hancock she was” selfish” when Hancock said,” You don’t get to make that call”.
Hancock claimed that she was being “using up medical bucks that able-bodied people could be using alternatively”
She said,” These are the people who are supposed to be giving me care, not trying to kill me.”  ,
Pushing Patients To Death’s Door
Roger Foley suffers from cerebral palsy, along with other persistent conditions that make movement challenging. He claimed that French hospital staff had refused him food and water, and that he had repeatedly pushed MAID.  ,
Foley said Canada’s government-run medical system merely offered him one in-home maintenance company, Cheshire Independent Living Services. He said his carers frequently changed, affecting his attention. While wheeling Foley down corridors, he said caretakers do “be but in a rush, they did bash me into surfaces”.
” It was so awful and there was no way out of it, that I started to become really suicidal”, Foley said. I began collecting bags and learning how to make a suicide case program using helium gas, and I was about to end my life.
Angela McMillan, executive director of Cheshire, stated in an email to The Federalist that the company was “in conformity with privacy policy under the Personal Health Information Protection Act.”
According to McMillan,” Cheshire is unable to verify the names of any former or current clients or to offer any opinions on any particular services that our firm has provided.”
Foley claimed to have spent almost nine times working at the Victoria Hospital in Ontario’s LHSC. He claimed federal health officials refuted his claim, saying he should go back to Cheshire. Instead, he claimed they would prefer to have an in-home treatment provider. He opted to stay in the doctor.
He said in November 2016 at the clinics,” the meal would be very few and far between, or the boxes may find mixed up”. He claims that the emotional health clinic consultant suggested MAID when he told her about this.
” The coordinator comes into my chamber, and she’s all upset because I’ve been making a point of requesting a meal.” I tell her,’ When you do stuff like this to me— when you cut off my access to food, when you berate me and do these different things to me — it makes me truly, truly homicidal,'” Foley said. According to Foley, she responded by saying,” The clinic has a program to help you with that.”
” I looked again at her, and I asked her,’ Do you realize what you’re suggesting to me?'” Foley said. ” She merely stared at me with a cool stare and a half laugh, tilted her head, and said,’ Well, you’re not getting any foods right then.’ And she walked up”.
From the same time he claimed this conversation took place, Foley also sent a duplicate of an LHSC staff report to The Federalist. In it, the team member accused Foley of being “verbally intense” and “argumentative”. Although it does not mention MAID, the report claims Foley was “upset” that the staff member was “unable to provide additional food after]Foley ] deemed his entreé inedible”. Additionally, Foley is accused of saying that the staff member was not helping him as much as he needed and that he is unable to have at the often scheduled times.
According to the report,” Patient suggested that his attention was limited and that he deserved to receive special attention because of his “disabilities.”
The Federalist reached up to LHSC about this connection, as well as many of Foley’s additional claims. The LHSC press team sent a Dec. 19 message email to The Federalist’s first examination. Even though it stated that the patient’s “media box is designated for writers and media outlets seeking info,” it did not respond to any specific questions.
After reviewing some of Foley’s health data from April 2018, a doctor’s opinion in August 2018 came to the conclusion that his belief that LHSC’s care “fell significantly below normal for failing to meet Foley’s health and hydration wants during the period in question.”
Mr. Foley was placed in a potentially serious situation where he was exposed to harm or risk of harm to his health and welfare because of [ T]he being allowed to progress to a situation where he was poorly nourished, in presumptive starvation ketosis, and dehydrated.
Assisted Suicide Is Legal, But Encouraging It Is Not
Although the law protects doctors who “provide a person with medical assistance in dying in accordance with” certain procedures, it is illegal to encourage anyone to commit suicide in Canada. Doctors could face charges if they do not adhere to these guidelines, according to Alexander Raikin, a visiting fellow in bioethics at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Foley claimed that the suggestion from November 2016 MAID had caused him to become suicidal, so he expressed interest in finding out more about MAID. Canada requires independent health “assessors” to evaluate patient “eligibility” for MAID. Foley sent The Federalist a copy of a 2017 LHSC consultation request, made on behalf of patient Roger Foley, asking a doctor to “provide your opinion if he fulfills criteria of ‘ grievous and irremediable medical]conditions ]’ for purposes of MAID”.
However, Foley claimed that he overcame his suicidal thoughts and that the appointment should be canceled. He said he later found the MAID assessment hadn’t been canceled, despite his request. Foley claimed that this was one of the four instances in which he felt pressured to accept euthanasia.
Then in September 2017, Foley said, both the hospital’s ethicist and its director of mental health came to his hospital room. They pushed euthanasia “again, with a financial threat now”, he said. A partial recording of the conversation was provided by Foley to The Federalist.
He stayed in the hospital because he claimed he didn’t want to die and that he was afraid to return to Cheshire. Another recording from September 2017 that a LHSC nurse identified as Foley claimed “major f-ck ups… happen in this unit” and that management was “deleting” reports was made available to The Federalist.
” Major f-ck-ups … f-ck-ups that happen in this unit — major. That is why I had to go on stress leave, because I was talking to management about it, and they were shutting me down”, says the recording. ” And they were not only shutting me down, they were deleting my reports”.
In recent years, the London Health Sciences Centre has experienced significant shakeups. According to reports, several executives have href=”https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/executives-resign-as-london-health-sciences-centre-shakeup-continues” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>resigned or been fired as the institution is facing financial fraud investigation. It has experienced scandals, including those involving a psychiatrist who pleaded no contest to allegations of repeated sexual contact with a patient, and the hospital admitting to leaving a dementia patient in seclusion for six days.
In January 2018, Foley says, a nurse came to his room for a safety check. Foley claimed that the nurse inquired if he had thoughts of self-harm and that he did, but that he would be fine if he could direct funding for his own care.  ,
” Well, if you don’t get self-directed funding, you could do an assisted — you know what I mean? You can just apply for an assisted, if you wanted to end your life”, the nurse said, according to Foley.
In 2018, Foley leaked a recording of the conversation as well as the first conversation in September 2017 to the Canadian press. ” I just happened to be recording, because I was really scared”, he said. He also sent that recording to The Federalist.
The Federalist followed up with LHSC via email on Jan. 2, asking about Foley’s claim that his initial MAID appointment was not canceled, and about the alleged January 2018 safety check interaction. The hospital communications contact said in a phone call on Friday that she was unable to comment but would remind the media team of The Federalist’s inquiry. Shortly after, Marek Kubow, the hospital’s manager of engagement and media relations, said in an email officials would” not be able to meet” The Federalist’s deadline.
Additionally, Foley also sent a 2019 letter to the Canadian government that two U.N. special rights rapporteurs “reported threats to his right to life and denial of appropriate healthcare and support to live a dignified and independent life in the community.” Just before its totalitarian Covid shutdowns, Canada’s government responded in March 2020, stating that the nation has a “robust human rights framework that is effectively addressing the issues raised in the Joint Urgent Appeal.”
The Ontario Superior Court, which has jurisdiction to determine the compliance of the law, is currently hearing the allegations, according to the response’s end, in part.
Foley claims that he was disconnected from essential services once more in April and May 2020. He claimed that staff had moved him into a room with limited space for his medical lift and that a copy of a patient ombudsman complaint from his brother from May 2020 was provided to The Federalist.
The hospital administration refuses to acknowledge that Roger’s treatment is wrong, or to work with him, his attorney, or his doctors to fix it, according to the complaint. The statement that” [t]hey routinely state that their actions are to help Roger become more independent is untrue because the man has a serious neurodegenerative disease that has an impact on his mobility is absurd.
Foley sued the LHSC, along with other defendants, in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in August 2018. Foster alleged that pushing assisted dying instead of living would “failure to relieve the plaintiff’s intolerable suffering, and demeaning and degrading his right to life, liberty, and security.”
According to the outlet Canadian Lawyer, the court dismissed this case earlier this year after Foley failed to pay defendants more than$ 85 000 in court-ordered fees and settle outstanding costs from previous rulings.
Foley appealed the decision in October on “grounds addressing errors in law, miscarriages of justice, procedural irregularities, bias, and misapplication of evidence”, according to an appeal document obtained by The Federalist. He claimed he contested his legal case with the Ontario Appeals Court on December 11 and received an extension to perfect his appeal by February.
The London Health Sciences Centre admitted it wrongfully charged” Mr. Foley” more than$ 1.55 million for inpatient care, which it dismissed in October 2023— leaving him with a bill of more than$ 461, 200, according to an invoice Foley gave to The Federalist. Canada claims to have free healthcare, but the government does not actually cover all costs.
They are willing to spend millions of dollars to crush me and kill me, just because they want to speak out and defend their monopolized system, Foley said. ” It’s all about evil and power”.
Logan Washburn is a staff writer who writes about the integrity of elections. He is a The College Fix spring 2025 fellow. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo’s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan grew up in rural Michigan but is originally from Central Oregon.
