When Mercy Becomes Policy

MAiD, Mass Violence, and the Quiet Crisis Beneath the Numbers

There are statistics that inflame.

And then there are statistics that unsettle.

Recently, comparisons have circulated showing that Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) rate per capita now exceeds the United States’ firearm homicide rate — and even approaches or surpasses total U.S. gun deaths depending on how the numbers are framed.

The reaction to …