Alberta's Bill 18 is a necessary correction to a MAID system that has spiraled dangerously out of control — doctor-administered death is now the fifth-leading cause of death in Canada, and that should alarm everyone. Protecting people with disabilities, mental illness and those not facing imminent death isn't cruelty, it's basic dignity. Systemic failures like poverty and lack of support are driving people toward assisted death, and the answer is better care, not an easier exit.