Canadian Politicians Seek Positive Alternatives to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
OTTAWA, Ontario, July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the sound defeat of a bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada’s Parliament this spring, dozens of the country’s MPs – representing all parties – have come together to address the root causes that lead some of Canada’s vulnerable to desire their own deaths.
“It’s not enough simply to oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia,” said Harold Albrecht (Kitchener-Conestoga), the Conservative co-chair of a new Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care (PCPCC). “We have to go deeper than that and ask why people are even considering it. … How can we improve the palliative care in our country so that the question won’t even need to be asked?”
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