More than 13,000 Canadians chose Medical Assistance in Dying last year. That's up 30% from the year before. People don't tend to talk much about MAiD, and there's still a lot of misunderstanding around what it is, who is requesting and receiving it, and what the approval process looks like. We focus on the facts around MAiD on this episode (35:10). But first... 

4:12 | Jagmeet Singh says he's done with Justin Trudeau. The federal NDP leader pulled out of the agreement propping up Trudeau's minority government, saying he's the only one that can defeat Pierre Poilievre. What's Singh's playbook here, and could it work? Ryan and Johnny discuss. 

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35:10 | Oncology and palliative care nurse practitioner Reanne Booker has more experience around MAiD than almost anybody else in Canada. She corrects common misconceptions, and confronts the problem with faith-based institutions (ie - Covenant Health in Alberta). 

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