since 2016
death rate
(parallel pipeline)
(opioid + MAID)
The Parallel
MAID Pipeline: System Can't Treat → Offers Death
As documented in the 9-page MAID dossier: healthcare system fails to provide timely treatment → conditions worsen → suffering becomes "irremediable" → MAID Track 2 becomes available → $8,150 per death saves the system money.
Opioid Pipeline: System Can't Treat Pain → Prescribes Addiction
Healthcare system fails to provide adequate pain management → doctors prescribe opioids (Health Canada approved, PMPRB didn't control pricing) → patients become addicted → prescription supply cut → patients turn to street supply → toxic fentanyl kills 22/day. The system that created the addiction cannot treat it — the same healthcare privatization that drives the MAID pipeline also drives the opioid pipeline.
The Institutional Failures Are Identical
Health Canada approved OxyContin based on pharmaceutical company submissions — the same regulatory capture (PMPRB) that fails to control drug prices. Addiction treatment requires mental health services — the same nursing shortage and doctor shortage that drives MAID eligibility. The pharmaceutical lobbying that delayed PMPRB reform also shaped opioid approval. Both pipelines end in death. Both are products of the same captured institutions.
145,000+ Deaths From Two Pipelines, One System
MAID: ~97,764 dead. Opioids: 47,000+ dead. Combined: 145,000+ Canadians killed by institutional failure since 2016.
Both pipelines flow from the same healthcare system failure, the same captured regulators, and the same pharmaceutical dependence. The system that can't treat pain prescribes addiction. The system that can't treat suffering prescribes death. Both save money. Both serve institutional interests.