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Public Hearings on Euthanasia in Quebec Begin Today
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
QUEBEC, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The provincial commission set up to look at euthanasia and assisted suicide in Quebec begins its ten-city tour seeking public (name removed by moderator)ut, starting in Montreal today.
The Quebec government agreed late last year to establish the commission to seek public and expert opinion on the issue in response to a motion filed by three members of the province’s Parti Quebecois (PQ), including leader Pauline Marois (Charlevoix), who asked Premier Jean Charest to establish such a commission.
Although euthanasia and assisted suicide are prohibited under the federal criminal code, the Quebec government could effectively legalize both forms of medical killing by directing provincial Crown prosecutors not to lay charges against doctors who end the lives of the terminally ill, elderly or profoundly disabled.
Liberal member of the Quebec legislature and president of the commission, Geoffrey Kelley, said that Quebec could imitate British Columbia’s ‘‘selective’’ attitude to prosecution of assisted suicide cases, and suggested that a way to allow euthanasia and assisted suicide in the province that circumvents the federal government could be found.
“It’s been suggested that British Columbia has been far more selective in charging people with assisted suicide,” Kelley told the media. “Palliative care, questions of the code of ethics for medical professions, all those are under the provincial jurisdiction, as are questions of the administration of justice
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10090705.html
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
QUEBEC, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The provincial commission set up to look at euthanasia and assisted suicide in Quebec begins its ten-city tour seeking public (name removed by moderator)ut, starting in Montreal today.
The Quebec government agreed late last year to establish the commission to seek public and expert opinion on the issue in response to a motion filed by three members of the province’s Parti Quebecois (PQ), including leader Pauline Marois (Charlevoix), who asked Premier Jean Charest to establish such a commission.
Although euthanasia and assisted suicide are prohibited under the federal criminal code, the Quebec government could effectively legalize both forms of medical killing by directing provincial Crown prosecutors not to lay charges against doctors who end the lives of the terminally ill, elderly or profoundly disabled.
Liberal member of the Quebec legislature and president of the commission, Geoffrey Kelley, said that Quebec could imitate British Columbia’s ‘‘selective’’ attitude to prosecution of assisted suicide cases, and suggested that a way to allow euthanasia and assisted suicide in the province that circumvents the federal government could be found.
“It’s been suggested that British Columbia has been far more selective in charging people with assisted suicide,” Kelley told the media. “Palliative care, questions of the code of ethics for medical professions, all those are under the provincial jurisdiction, as are questions of the administration of justice
lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10090705.html