Death by MAID of 26 year-old-man is a warning of the dangers to come

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The death of 26-year-old Kiano Vafaeian by MAID on Dec. 30, 2025, is emblematic of what Canadians can expect to become commonplace in the coming years.

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Vafaeian, who had diabetes and whose natural death was not foreseeable, found that Vancouver physician Dr. Ellen Wiebe was willing to end his life. The young man had been doctor shopping before he found her.

Under Canadian law, a person with a “serious and incurable illness, disease, or disability,” but whose natural death is not foreseeable can apply for MAID under what is referred to as Track 2. (Track 1, by contrast, is for persons with a terminal illness and foreseeable natural death.)

Dr. Wiebe has previously courted public controversy for what appears to be her eager willingness to euthanize patients. In 2024, a B.C. judge issued an injunction to stop her from administering MAID to a 53-year-old patient with a highly treatable movement disorder known as akathisia. Court documents described how Wiebe approved this woman for MAID after a single Zoom call.

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Vafaeian’s mother, Margaret Marsilla, thwarted her son’s previous attempt to........

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