Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Content is published claiming that Canada will begin euthanizing (voluntary death) millions of citizens who are allegedly harmed by the COVID-19 vaccine.
allegation was given through an image published yesterday (October 28) on Facebook, by the account named "Investiguesi Shkrimor", which he captioned with this claim.
What is the truth?
In Canada, the issue of implementing euthanasia law has been under discussion recently. Canada’s legal criteria require a medical reason for euthanasia – a fatal diagnosis or unbearable pain – but reports from a Canadian expert committee show cases in which people have been euthanized based on other factors, including an “unmet social need” (HERE).
According to research conducted by Hibrid.info, it appears that a man from Ontario, Canada, has recently been approved for euthanasia for "controversial post-COVID-19 vaccination syndrome" (HERE).
Hibrid.info, through the online search engine "Google", has found several articles published by English-language media: "theguardian.com" and "apnews.com", which question the implementation of the law on voluntary death and the reasons that lead people to make this decision in the state of Canada (see here, here and here).
Canada has since 2016 legalized assisted suicide for those whose death was reasonably foreseeable (see here).
Hibrid.info's findings show that in 2019, it was deemed that the law could not limit euthanasia only to individuals whose death was reasonably foreseeable (see here).
This law prohibited mental illness from being considered a serious and incurable condition, but this prohibition was originally set to expire on March 17, 2024. On February 2, 2023, the Canadian government introduced legislation to extend the temporary exemption from eligibility in circumstances where a person's sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness for a period of one year, until March 17, 2024. In 2024, this was further extended to 2027. After this date, persons with a serious refractory mental illness will be eligible for medical assistance in dying, subject to any further changes to the law or any new regulations (see here).
But, in no case has hibrid.info found evidence that Canada has made a decision to implement the euthanasia process for people "harmed" by vaccines against the COVID-19 virus.
Analyze:
The claim that Canada will begin euthanizing (voluntary death) millions of citizens injured by the COVID-19 vaccine is incorrect.
Hibrid.info has found that there are doubts about the enforceability of the law allowing assisted suicide in Canada, but there is no evidence that this country has begun implementing the law on the alleged grounds.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.