In an open letter to Carolyn Bennett, the minister for mental health and addictions, Hartle noted that his form of cancer typically kills patients in about 18 months.

“The length of time you spent waiting on this application is the typical lifespan of someone with my terminal condition,” he wrote. “Surely, you can see how cruel this looks to spend the expected lifespan of the patient just watching what he does and says instead of being responsive and helpful?”

The same government pushing to expand medical assistance in dying won’t respond compassionately in this case.  TheraPsil is once again calling for regulated access to psilocybin, similar to the system in place for medical cannabis.