Quebec Plans To Open Euthanasia Debate

However, if they call it a debate on the "right-to-die" issue (just as the Montreal Gazette did,) and if other media outlets start repeating the "right to die" euphemism, instead of using the actual term - euthanasia, it won't be a debate, but a shameless pitch:

Quebec is going to open up the debate on the right-to-die issue. Acting on a pitch from the Parti Québécois opposition, the Liberal government yesterday agreed to create a non-partisan ad hoc commission that will seek out Quebecers’ opinions and the views of experts on the controversial issue of euthanasia. The green light follows recent polls indicating 84 per cent of Quebecers are ready for a public debate on the question, which is also before the House of Commons in the form of a proposed Bloc Québécois bill.

The Quebec Federation of Medical Specialists recently published a survey of its members indicating euthanasia – the medically assisted ending of life – is being practicsed quietly in Quebec right now.

(No Apologies)

That pretty much explains yet another delay of the euthanasia vote in the House of Commons. Apparently, Francine Lalonde and her supporters believe that after such a "debate", there will be more MPs willing to support the bill - either as it is, or on condition that the bill gets rewritten in the committee.

And, since we have the news that euthanasia is already being practiced quietly in Quebec - we can look forward for them to claim that euthanasia is already a "done deal". They'll be suggesting that if it's there already, then we better make it legal so that it could be "regulated" to prevent "abuse", "for the public's own good"... We must redouble our efforts to ensure that our MPs don't fall for any of those lies and that bill C-384 finally gets defeated on the second reading vote.