Tories Introduce Bill to Bar Public Servants From Suggesting MAID to Veterans and Others Unprompted

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, on Oct. 15, 2025. The Canadian Press/Adrian WyldConservative MP Garnett Genuis has put forward a private members’ bill to prohibit government bureaucrats in positions of authority from proposing medically assisted death to citizens who are not asking for it.Genuis made the announcement during a Feb. 5 news conference, saying that he introduced Bill C-260, dubbed the Act to Prevent Coercion of Persons Not Seeking Medical Assistance In Dying, following several stories of veterans, disabled people, and other vulnerable Canadians who had been advised to consider euthanasia when they were not seeking it.