The grieving parents of a 26-year-old man say Canada’s euthanasia laws failed their ‘vulnerable’ son who was killed despite not being terminally ill.

Kiano Vafaeian suffered with Type 1 diabetes, losing vision in one eye in 2022, and struggled with his mental health after a car accident at 17.

The family said Kiano was rejected by multiple doctors in Ontario before he sought out a prominent euthanasia provider in British Columbia. Kiano’s mother believes the doctors “coached” her son on what to say to meet the criteria for “Track 2” patients — those whose natural deaths are not reasonably imminent.

Kiano’s parents say they were not notified of the approval and only learned of his death days after it occurred. They noted his medical records did not back up the “severe peripheral neuropathy” listed on his death certificate as a qualifying factor.

MAiD was legalised in 2016 for adults with “enduring and intolerable suffering” and whose death is foreseen. Euthanasia deaths in Canada have soared in the meantime to over 16,000 per annum and the grounds for eligibility keep widening.

In 2021, the law was changed to no longer require the person be suffering a terminal illness or be near death.

The latest annual report for Canada revealed nearly 23pc of people overall reported “isolation or loneliness” as a reason for seeking euthanasia. Medical practitioners reported that about 50pc of people requested it because of being a “perceived burden on family, friends, or caregivers.”