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March 9, 2015

Somerville urges politicians to show “backbone” after Supreme Court euthanasia decision

“I would ask Parliament to stand up and have a backbone,” Margaret Somerville said to hundreds of conservative-minded influencers at the Manning Networking Conference that was held Mar. 5-7. The founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law has also called for the use of the notwithstanding clause to give the Royal Commission time to report or for Parliament to have the time to consider the issues raised by legalizing physician-assisted death.

OTTAWA - Margaret Somerville has called on Parliamentarians to "have a backbone" in dealing with euthanasia in Canada.

Published in Canada