The Line in the Sand: Signal Threatens Canada Exit Over Massive Surveillance Law

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Wanted to also point out Canada's primary spy watchdog is the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) in case anyone is curious and wants to take a look at it

Let's also point out the UK's spy watchdog agency too.

"The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the United Kingdom's independent regulatory authority responsible for upholding information rights and enforcing data protection laws."

"Recent Actions: The agency has recently launched investigations into X and xAI regarding the Grok AI tool and is actively investigating how social media platforms like TikTok and Reddit handle children's personal data. " (LLM)

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The issue i have with "The right to die" is that doctors and hospital managers will abuse the system.

Look at Switzerland, where people are allowed to die who suffer from mental health concerns like depression.

Or even the poor lady who lost her child and chose to end her own life because she could not stand the grief.

Where im from, they will place a DNR on just about any old person who enters a hospital.

And not even bother to inform the poor sods.

So if you enter a hospital, and have something go wrong, and possibly no family to fight in your corner, it could very well be your end.  

It's a very slippery slope...

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/grieving-m...5HjdYFt_2/

Physician-assisted suicide exists in the USA and I'm sure worldwide, it is just named and performed differently than in other countries.

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"While euthanasia remains banned, physician-assisted suicide (also known as medical aid in dying) is legal in several jurisdictions.  Under this practice, a physician prescribes life-ending medication, but the patient must self-administer it. As of 2026, this is authorized in 14 jurisdictions:

• States: California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and Washington, D.C.
  
• Conditions: Patients typically must be mentally competent, terminally ill with a prognosis of six months or less, and capable of self-administering the medication. 
  

Passive euthanasia, such as withdrawing life-sustaining treatments like ventilators based on patient wishes or advance directives, is widely legal and accepted as part of standard medical practice across the United States." (LLM)

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The slippery slope is in determining the mental competency of patients when it comes to deep depression, which they are now doing deeper dives into this issue.

"Clinical studies highlight a strong correlation between depression and requests for hastened death:

• High Prevalence: Research shows that over 60% of individuals requesting assisted death have a diagnosis of depression or another mental disorder. 
  
• Impact of Treatment: Empirical evidence suggests that treating depression often removes the desire for assisted suicide; in one study, only 2 out of 8 patients who preferred euthanasia before treatment maintained that preference after depression treatment. 
  
• Rejection Rates: In jurisdictions like the Netherlands, the majority of requests from depressed patients are rejected (approximately 68% of psychiatric requests were refused in analyzed files), suggesting that while requests are increasing, the approval rate remains low due to concerns about decision-making capacity and the treatable nature of the condition" (LLM)
  
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  Then there is the issue with limited PTSD treatment and recovery:
  
  "Treatment Success and Remission Rates
   
  
• Trauma-Focused Therapies: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Prolonged Exposure are the gold standards. Approximately 40% of patients achieve full remission, while 85% show a notable response (symptom improvement).  Some intensive protocols report up to 60% achieving recovery. 
  
• Medications: SSRIs (such as sertraline and paroxetine) and SNRIs (such as venlafaxine) help manage symptoms. About 62% of patients experience measurable improvement, and among veterans, approximately 42% reach remission when medication is combined with therapy." (LLM)
  

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The issue i have with "The right to die" is that doctors and hospital managers will abuse the system.

Look at Switzerland, where people are allowed to die who suffer from mental health concerns like depression.

Or even the poor lady who lost her child and chose to end her own life because she could not stand the grief.

Where im from, they will place a DNR on just about any old person who enters a hospital.

And not even bother to inform the poor sods.

So if you enter a hospital, and have something go wrong, and possibly no family to fight in your corner, it could very well be your end.  

It's a very slippery slope...

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/grieving-m...5HjdYFt_2/

In the US its illegal but when I think of euthanasia I think of, obviously, the US way where 13 states and Washington, D.C., legally authorize "Medical Aid in Dying" (MAiD), often referred to as "Death with Dignity," which allows terminally ill adults to self-administer life-ending medication prescribed by a physician. - This is specifically what I assumed we were talking about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia...ted_States

These are special places.

I dont agree with euthanasia in the sense you are referring to at all and yeah abuse in that way would be difficult to manage I could imagine

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In the US its illegal but when I think of euthanasia I think of, obviously, the US way where 13 states and Washington, D.C., legally authorize "Medical Aid in Dying" (MAiD), often referred to as "Death with Dignity," which allows terminally ill adults to self-administer life-ending medication prescribed by a physician. - This is specifically what I assumed we were talking about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia...ted_States

These are special places I dont agree with euthanasia in the sense you are referring to at all and yeah abuse in that way would be difficult to manage I could imagine

Oh, I completely agree with the likes of terminally ill people choosing to die with dignity and/or not in agony.