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Pantsuit Politics

1 in 20: Canada's Growing Cause of Death

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

What can Canada's death laws teach us about policy limits? Sarah and Beth examine Canada's medical assistance in dying (MAID) program, where assisted deaths now account for 1 in 20 deaths nationwide - more than Alzheimer's and diabetes combined. They trace how policies that began with terminally ill patients have expanded to include those with treatable conditions and mental health issues alone. When does personal autonomy go too far? Sarah and Beth explore the moral injury experienced by healthcare workers, question whether doctors should make ethical decisions, and examine what happens when individual autonomy becomes society's dominant value.  How do you deepen friendships by sharing life stories? In Outside of Politics, Sarah describes a weekend exercise where friends told their complete life stories from birth to present, plus creative alternatives like wedding album tours and conversation games like Hygge. Featured: Canada Gave Citizens the Right to Die. Doctors Are Struggling to Meet Demand. by Elaina Plott Calabro (The Atlantic) Contact: hello@pantsuitpoliticsshow.com with "crime" in the subject line for listener perspectives on federal law enforcement in Washington DC. Ready to go deeper? Visit our website for complete show notes, exclusive premium content, merchandise, chats and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:02.7

This is Sarah Stewart-Holland. This is Beth Silvers. You're listening to Pantsuit

0:19.4

Politics, and today we are continuing a conversation about medical assistance in dying. We had a big picture discussion about

0:26.1

this a few months ago, which definitely touched a nerve. And of course it did. How could it not?

0:32.4

We're talking about the most raw aspects of being a person near the end of our lives. So it is a very

0:37.2

tender subject. And we are

0:38.9

going to try to approach it with a lot of care. We're picking it up today to focus more on the policy

0:44.3

side and specifically what we can learn from our Canadian neighbors policies. And then outside

0:49.6

of politics, we're going to talk about bonding with new friends. So not like, hey, let's catch up.

0:53.9

I haven't seen you in a while.

0:54.9

But hey, you're really important to me. And I do not know key parts of your life story. How do we

1:00.1

accelerate our relationships with one another by sharing those stories? Now, friendly reminder,

1:07.7

we are in the final stretches of our end of summer sale over on substack.

1:12.2

15% off annual subscriptions means you can lock in a full year of our expanded content and

1:17.7

community for less than the regular price. So go over there. We have amazing bonus episodes

1:24.4

on Thursdays where we talk about all kinds of spicy subjects. You get more to say,

1:28.8

you get the news brief, you get the movie club. There's just a lot going on on substack,

1:33.0

including incredibly holistic is what I'm going to call them, conversations in the comments

1:38.6

of our episodes and bonus content. It's just the best community over there that really builds

1:43.4

out, expands, dives deeper into all the things we talk about here on the show.

1:48.3

And speaking of that ability of you all to build out and expand all the things we're talking about on the show, we would love your help preparing for Friday's episode.

1:55.9

We are going to talk about crime and the president's decision to send National Guard members and other federal law

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