Authored by Matthew Horwood via The Epoch Times,
Conservative MP Bob Zimmer said his father was offered medical assistance in dying (MAID) toward the end of his life without asking for it, prompting the MP to question whether safeguards for the procedure are being followed.
Zimmer said on X that his family was preparing to bring his father home from the hospital, as he "was about to pass away and he wanted to be at home to be more comfortable."
I watched a nurse at our local hospital offer MAID to my Dad.
He was not asking for it, nor had he asked for it.
We were trying to get him home as he was about to pass away and he wanted to be at home to be more comfortable.
So while we were waiting to be cleared to take him... https://t.co/uKSj8GWI8E— Bob Zimmer (@bobzimmermp) November 1, 2026
While they were waiting, a nurse "approached us and offered MAID to him," despite his father having not asked for the procedure, the MP for B.C.'s Prince George - Peace River - Northern Rockies riding said.
"I was disgusted. All the warnings about MAID we debated in the [House of Commons] and warned would happen with the change in l
