I think any article that cites assisted suicide statistics without breaking it down by Track 1 vs Track 2, should not be taken seriously.

The author cites 5% as the “number too high” but as someone who’s had a family member who’s been through the MAiD system, Track 2 is pretty difficult to get so I would t be surprised if most of that 5% is Track 1, but we wouldn’t know from this article.

The vast majority of MAID provisions (95.9%; n=14,721) were for individuals in Track 1; 4.1% (n=622) of MAID provisions were for individuals in Track 2. (See Section 2) [1]

[1] https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications...