Woman granted assisted dying despite landlord's objection

Published: Sep 10, 2024 Duration: 00:03:28 Category: News & Politics

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a woman who requested medical assistance in dying won a major case in front of the rental board she wanted to be able to die at home but her landlord didn't want her to stefanu explains Victoria Taylor is enjoying the last little pleasures of life outside her apartment in the laurentians she has ALS or L Garrick's disease and has been rapidly declining in health there's no known cure an iPad is now her only way to communicate it's my little Paradise Taylor says through her friend and neighbor Pascal borar Taylor is in peace she will die at home the date is set for medically assisted Aid in dying on October 30th I don't want to die in a chsld says the 63-year-old who was diagnosed with ALS in 2022 but Taylor says her determination to die at home LED to a painful confrontation with her landlord she wanted to repossess the apartment and also didn't want Taylor to die there the landlord argued that medically assisted dying was against her Orthodox religion but that's not Taylor Bel being religious means helping your neighbor a lawyer friend decided to fight back at no cost was enough for me with all of the harassment and letters and you know facts in the file to help me you know build up a case last month the rental board ruled that the religious justification was just an excuse to force Taylor out and allowed her to remain where she is the landlord says she's the one who was treated unfairly because her goal was to move next to her parents who live upstairs from Taylor she asked that we hide her identity I feel sorry for my dad my dad is if I'm not mistaken 15 years older than Miss Victoria Taylor and it's my dad and like I told you twice he survived twice the cancer she blames the rental board for missing key evidence as for her religious beliefs she says it's being taken out of context I said Victoria I feel I feel so sorry for you all my empathy but I would appreciate if you could just if you feel that you're not capable to to handle your life alone better be in charge of a sale I said that they always wanted to help her Isabel MIT is stunned by how far she had to go to protect Taylor and even at the earring we even suggested to postpone the case for a year because we all knew that Mrs Taylor would not survive one year and just leave it as is and the Lander refused Taylor says she still feels some pressure from her landlord but as she looks at her calendar I will leave one day but it will be feet first Stefan jiru CTV News

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