Editorial: A conscience solution
May 13, 2021
Canada has been riding the fast track on assisted suicide for almost five years, yet it still hasn’t put in place effective protection for health care providers who do not want to play any part in ending a life this way. It’s called conscience rights and it is one of the freedoms specifically mentioned in Canada’s Charter.
There is now a private member’s bill before the House of Commons — Bill C-268 — brought forward by Conservative MP Kelly Block, which is essentially the same as the ill-fated bill now-retired MP David Anderson introduced in October 2018. That legislation died with the end of the Parliamentary session in September 2019.