Tue Sep 20, 2022 – 6:34 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – After much outcry, notably from People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has removed an option from a health link phone line for anyone to inquire about government-sanctioned assisted suicide or euthanasia.
Saskatchewan’s minister of mental health Everett Hindley confirmed with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that the province’s 811 phone hotline will no longer contain an option for information regarding its Medical Assistance in Dying program (MAiD).
“It does not make sense to greet people with a message that could potentially imply that suicide is an option,” Hindley was quoted as saying to the CBC.
Hindley noted that it was his office that told the Saskatchewan Health Authority to remove as an option from its 811 helplines the message for MAiD.
He said the removal of the option came about after a mental health and suicide prevention advocate “for whom suicide is a deeply personal issue” raised concerns about it as a phone-in option.
Late last month, Bernier sounded the alarm over the dial-in MAiD option after sharing a video posted online showing how when one dialed into the province’s 811 Healthlink, selecting option
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