For anyone coming across this post:

• 'state-administered death' is an intentionally misleading. There is legitimate discussion happening about this issue and the surrounding nuances, but this post makes it harder to talk about those issues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_Canada
• It compares all of Canada's MAID deaths in 2024 (16,499) to only firearm homicides in the US. If you include gun related suicides in the US (27,593 in 2024), the total number of gun related deaths in the US climbs to 44,447 (source). For those who want to be more informed, here are the actual statistics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_and_assisted_suicide_in_Canada#Statistics
• Meanwhile MAID deaths are generally those with serious medical conditions and are primarily those where the person had a reasonably foreseeable natural death. It takes time for approvals to happen, and the expansion to "grievous and irremediable condition[s]" happened in 2021. Mental illness is not currently included, and that is where a lot of the discussion is happening.

I'm seeing a few reports on this post about it being disinformation. I'm currently leaning towards letting the community mods decide how to handle this, since I think it's helpful for people to see the explanation for why this post is misleading given that our elected officials have also used this talking point.