A total of 16,499 people received MAID in Canada in 2024, according to Health Canada's Sixth Annual Report on MAID, the latest report available. In the US, 15,364 people were killed by a gun in 2024, per a report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Keep in mind the U.S. population is better than eight times larger than Canada's. If I recall correctly, ten percent of all deaths in Canada are now from MAiD. That's one way to get those pesky healthcare costs down.
At least the Canadian guidelines prohibit offing people for mental health issues. Zora ter Beek, a 28-year-old, was euthanized in the Netherlands on May 22, 2024. She suffered from depression, autism, and a "personality disorder." Her body, her choice, I guess.
Odd that the ballyhooed "pro-choice" principle applies to euthanasia and abortion but not to drug prohibition and vaccine mandates. You'd think maybe the first two situations raise far thornier legal and moral issues than the latter two. Then again, maybe not. After all, I am an avowed Medieval Obscurantist.