Wed Oct 19, 2022 – 5:26 pm EDTWed Oct 19, 2022 – 5:29 pm EDT
ST. CATHERINES, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — An Ontario man facing homelessness has decided to apply for medically-assisted suicide as a way of escaping poverty.
“I don’t want to die but I don’t want to be homeless more than I don’t want to die,” 54-year-old St. Catherines man Amir H. Farsoud told CityNews in an interview on October 13.
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Farsoud, who lives with a back injury that he says often leaves him “crying like a five-year-old and not sleeping for two days,” told the outlet that one doctor has already signed papers saying he is eligible for Canada’s euthanasia program, officially known as “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD).
According to Farsoud, he needs only one other doctor to sign off on his application before he can fully qualify for the life-ending procedure.
While euthanasia is often marketed to the public as a “compassionate” remedy for the terminally ill, Farsoud confirmed on social media that his “choice” stems from financial hardship.
“MAiD, at least for people who are accessing it for reasons other than imminent death, is not really a ‘live or
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