The claim: Posts claim that Canada has a plan to save $1 trillion through MAID.
UnprovenHealth care
Where this comes from
Concerns about healthcare costs and how government budgets are managed are important to many Canadians.
The bigger picture
AFP Fact Check found this claim to be unsubstantiated—there is no verified evidence supporting the claim that Canada has such a plan or would achieve such savings.
Checked by AFP Fact Check (“Unsubstantiated”), Australian Associated Press (“False. There are no plans to expand assisted dying legislation to include children.”), AFP Fact Check (“Partly false”), AFP Fact Check (“Altered picture”) and Lead Stories (“Adult Choice”) · 2025
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