CANADA - A NATION IN DECLINE

 

Canada’s Culture of Death: The Charter, MAiD, and the Decline of Christian Moral Foundations

Supreme Court Chooses Death

In 2015, nine unelected judges of the Supreme Court of Canada reinterpreted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to say that a ban on assisted suicide violated Section 7 — the “right to life, liberty, and security of the person.” The irony is breathtaking: a law intended to protect life was now used to justify ending it.

This ruling in Carter v. Canada overturned centuries of legal tradition. It framed death, in some cases, as a right that must be facilitated by the state. Parliament, under pressure, quickly passed Bill C-14 in 2016, legalizing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) across Canada. It began narrowly, meant only for those nearing death. But by 2021, Bill C-7 removed even that safeguard — now you no longer have to be dying to qualify.

This shift is not about compassion — it’s about control. It turns physicians into gatekeepers of death and opens the door to troubling questions: Is the state making it easier to die than to access mental health, housing, or long-term care? Is assisted death now a substitute for real support?

Canada now leads the world in legal, normalized death — from permissive abortion to a rapidly expanding MAiD regime. And it happened not by vote, but by judicial decree.

We should be asking hard questions about whether this is truly progress — or a betrayal of everything a civilized, life-affirming society should stand for.

Christian Voice Seems Silent

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil…” (Isaiah 5:20)

In 2015, Canada’s highest court declared that Section 7 of the Charter — the right to life — could be used to justify assisted suicide. How tragic. A law meant to protect life was reinterpreted to facilitate death.

This is not justice. It is rebellion against the Author of life.

The rise of MAiD — Medical Assistance in Dying — reveals just how far Canada has drifted from its Christian moral foundation. Once a land that revered life as sacred, we now offer suicide as healthcare. Parliament didn’t lead this charge. It was nine unelected judges who rewrote the moral code by judicial fiat.

Since then, the line between mercy and murder has blurred. No longer is MAiD reserved for the dying. Now it’s for those who suffer — even mentally. And soon, perhaps, for minors and the depressed. Instead of offering hope, healing, and community, we offer a needle.

This is the fruit of a post-Christian culture. When a nation forgets God, it begins to destroy itself.

But there is hope. The Church must not remain silent. We must speak truth: life is a gift from God. We must stand for the vulnerable, and we must call our nation to repentance.

We cannot remain neutral. As Moses said, “I have set before you life and death… Now choose life.” (Deuteronomy 30:19)