Veterans Affairs says worker ‘inappropriately’ discussed medically assisted death with veteran

A Canadian Forces veteran seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury was shocked when he was unexpectedly and casually offered medical assistance in dying by a Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) employee, sources tell Global News.

By Mercedes Stephenson & Sean Boynton

https://globalnews.ca/news/9061709/veteran-medical-assisted-death-canada/

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