Since Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2016, more than 30,000 Canadians have opted to die this way, including many who are not terminally ill. The Fifth Estate examines why some are making the choice to die and why critics say the system is becoming too permissive.

#AssistedDying #MAID #MentalHealth

producer/director
RONNA SYED

writer
GILLIAN FINDLAY

associate producer
ROXANNA WOLOSHYN

video editor
LORETTA HICKS

additional editing
SHELDON BELDICK
MORNA SCOTT DUNNE

senior videographer
ANDY HINCENBERGS
JON CASTELL
JOHN BADCOCK csc

additional cinematography
ANDREW LEE
JASON POPE

additional research
LISA ELLENWOOD
CATHY ROSS
DIANA REDEGELD
KATE ZIEMAN

archival material
ALICIA DUNCAN
CHRISTIE DUNCAN
AMIR FARSOUD
MARGARET MARSILLA
MIKE MARSILLA
KIANO VAFAEIAN
PARLVU
POND5

special thanks
HUMBER RIVER HOSPITAL
JOE GORMAN

graphic designers
NEIL JOYES
TIM KINDRACHUK
FROILAN UNTALASCO

graphic director
ELA AZZOPARDI
JEFF GOLDHAR

visual research
LESLIE MORRISON

media management
ABRAHAM BARMADA

post audio
RON SEARLES

colourist
SCOTT McINTYRE

rollout producer
LEANNE STEPNOW

social media producer
BRITNEI BILHETE

theme music
STEVE D'ANGELO

project manager
VICTOR KERR

associate director
NANCI KING

packaging editor
ALESSIA PROTOMANNI

resource coordinators
MEGAN BEECKMANS
SAM NAR

coordinating associate director
RHONDA KIRKPATRICK

senior producer
ALLYA DAVIDSON

executive producer
DIANA SWAIN

original broadcast
JANUARY 19, 2023

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