More Melodramatic Propaganda from the Canadian Feds
They just can’t help themselves. They don’t call them the Fiberals for nothing.
“Kids are dying!” vaguely whinges Marc Miller with his childish and tech illiterate bill. Adults, especially mommies and daddies, have no idea how these whole Internet, Social Media, and AI things work, and clutch their pearls instead of taking literacy courses.
They have no idea how easy it is to bypass these obstacles, and now, made keeping your social media account that much more enticing.
Are kids dying? Yes, of child abuse and cancer, but we don’t see the Liberal government swooping in on those more common fatal outcomes.
I asked Perplexity what were the leading causes of death for people under 16 in Canada and this is what I got:
Ages 1–4
Accidents become the dominant cause of death, joined by congenital and developmental conditions:
| Rank | Cause |
|---|---|
| 1 | Accidents / unintentional injuries (drowning, suffocation/choking, motor vehicle) |
| 2 | Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities |
| 3 | Cancer (neoplasms) |
Suffocation/choking and drowning together accounted for over 40% of all unintentional injury deaths in young children. Falls are the leading cause of hospitalization in this group.
Ages 5–14
According to Statistics Canada’s 2023 deaths report, the top three leading causes of death for children aged 1–14 are:
- Accidents (unintentional injuries) — the dominant cause; “on-road” (motor vehicle) injuries account for nearly 50% of all accidental deaths for older children in this range
- Cancer (neoplasms) — brain cancer is the leading cancer killer for children 1–14, responsible for 41% of all cancer deaths in this age group in 2023
- Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities
For children ages 10–14 specifically, suicide emerges as the third leading cause of death — behind accidents and cancer. Canada is notably the only country (among 35 studied using WHO data) where girls aged 10–14 have a higher suicide rate than boys in that age group.
Ages 15 (Adolescents)
While just above the under-16 threshold, the pattern shifts sharply for 15-year-olds:
- Accidents remain the top cause of death
- Suicide becomes the second leading cause — it has held this position for youth aged 15–34 for over two decades in Canada
- Cancer is third
The Canadian youth suicide rate (ages 10–19) was 5.01 per 100,000 from 2010–2018, above the global average of 3.77 per 100,000.
But here is the real tradgedy:
Indigenous Children
Indigenous children in Canada face disproportionately higher rates of infant mortality and injury-related deaths, driven by inequalities including food insecurity, inadequate housing, and limited healthcare access. SIDS rates are particularly elevated in regions like Nunavut.
Yes, Mr. Miller, children are dying in Nunavut. What is the federal government doing about it aside from ignoring it?