I attended a Métis Nation B.C. presentation, where Dying With Dignity was presenting MAID as, essentially, another treatment option and framing it as compassionate and loving. However, in the same conversation, Sheryl Sullivan, who is a Métis nurse practitioner, pushed back and said clearly that MAID should not be the alternative to a lack of services, because when a system presents death as a solution in communities that are still fighting for basic access to care, it's not a choice, but more like something being introduced into a gap.
From your perspective, is there a risk that framing MAID in this way, especially where services are lacking, reflects the typical pattern where outside systems and values are being layered onto indigenous communities instead of addressing the underlying needs?