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.”

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

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MacDonald is familiar with watching dementia take a loved one. Th

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