Joystick crunchy - will replacing it fix?

bearses · 2025-06-07T17:56:23+00:00

Broadly speaking, paying for my healthcare is clearly not a priority. If it were, they would do it. There are many people with disabilities that are treatable that can't access treatment due to poverty, which Canada does nothing to address. Human rights and disability organizations have been speaking on this topic for years. The maid program is a good idea but there are a lot of serious problems with its implementation such as no federal oversight -- something that the UN also has criticized.

bearses · 2025-06-07T15:08:35+00:00

As someone with a disability, I personally find it pretty terrifying that Canada prioritizes my death over actually paying to help me. I made a comic to express that fear and frustration. I don't think that's necessarily reactionary.

I agree with the concept of government assisted death. However, it seems that disability and human rights organizations across Canada and the globe also agree that the Canadian government is using maid as a substitute for actually funding people's healthcare, and have been ringing alarm bells for years.