“That’s the question.”Kiano Vafaeian died by MAID on Dec. 30 in a Vancouver funeral home. Three years ago, Vafaeian’s mother, Margaret Marsilla, intervened to prevent her then 23-year-old son’s planned MAID death at a Toronto clinic. After her daughter discovered an email confirming the scheduled date of death, Marsilla launched a social media campaign and online petition identifying the doctor, who later postponed, then pulled, his approval. Under Canada’s MAID law, those seeking an assisted death are assigned either Track 1, meaning they have a terminal illness and their natural death is reasonably foreseeable, or Track 2 — death is not reasonably foreseeable. It’s not known if the doctors assessed him for only a Track 1 death, or also thought he did not meet the criteria for Track 2.

Source: National Post January 30, 2026 17:23 UTC