Grieving father, who lost son to cancer, in blistering attack on Canadian government as it considers offering euthanasia to sick kids: ‘It’s like telling them your life isn’t worth living’

Relaxing euthanasia laws in Canada so children can be offered assisted dying would tell sick young people their lives are ‘not worth living’, a campaigner has warned.

Lawmakers in Canada are currently considering whether medical assistance in dying (MAID) should be open to ‘mature minors’ who meet certain criteria.

Mike Schouten, an activist whose son Markus died of cancer earlier this year, said the highly-controversial policy would send the message to patients like his son that caregivers are ‘giving up’ on them.