Children’s book author Robert Munsch says he has chosen medical assistance in dying

TORONTO – Children’s book author Robert Munsch says he has chosen a medically assisted death because of his dementia diagnosis.

He made the comments in a profile in The New York Times, saying he hasn’t set a date.

The “Love You Forever” author, who lives in Guelph, Ont., was diagnosed with dementia in 2021.

He told The New York Times that he applied for MAID shortly after the diagnosis, and was approved.

When MAID was first legalized in Canada in 2016, candidates — those with a “grievous and irremediable condition” — had to be able to consent to the procedure on the day-of.

But starting in 2021, those with a “reasonably foreseeable” natural death who may lose their capacity to consent could sign what’s called a waiver of final consent, which allows them to go through with MAID even if