When Perry MacDonald heard that Canadian author Robert Munsch had requested Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) after his diagnoses with dementia and Parkinson’s disease, it touched a nerve.

Munsch recently explained to the New York Times that, under Canadian law , recipients of MAID must be able to actively consent on the day of their death. “I have to pick the moment when I can still ask for it,” he said. If he waited too long, he added, talking to his wife, “you’re stuck with me being a lump.”

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Government regulations are clear: “The person must be given an opportunity to withdraw consent and must expressly confirm their consent immediately before receiving MAID.”

MacDonald is familiar with watching dementia take a loved one. Three months ago, his brother died

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