What’s next is more studies. We know basic income works, we know the four-day work week is better for everyone, and many other things that improve life but run counter to the conservative “suffering is virtue” narrative. They won’t get implemented until we have real democracy.
The dose makes the poison. The packages sold are used in meat curing, as others have mentioned. Mix a bunch in water and drink it, and it cures your blood. Not a very nice way to go, but pretty certain.
That is pretty much how most legal regimes operate, yes. Then there are the ones that outright criminalize suicide.
Edit: as for why, it’s been shown in some studies that making access to methods difficult does reduce suicide. Cynically, maybe doing that keeps a workforce at better strength.
Louder for the people in the back! Glad someone is holding us to account on this. Not unique to Canada at all but we should actively try to live up to the oh-so-progressive image we try to project.