Mon Feb 6, 2023 – 7:23 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is calling upon the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to scrap in its entirety a planned expansion of the nation’s euthanasia laws to include those with mental illness.
The Liberals had earlier announced a plan to delay the law until next year.
In a statement posted last Thursday by CPC MP Michael Cooper, who serves as the Conservative Shadow Minister of Democratic Reform, he said on behalf of his party that the Liberal’s one-year delay of medical assistance in dying (MAID) “for mental illness is an admission of failure.”
“Offering death instead of care to persons struggling with mental illness will be just as wrong a year from now as it is today. Conservatives are calling on the Liberals to scrap it completely,” he noted.
Last Thursday, Trudeau Minister of Justice David Lametti introduced a bill that will delay the expansion of Canada’s euthanasia laws to include those suffering solely from mental illness and “mature minors” after intense pushback from pro-life and mental health groups.
Bill C-39 is titled An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal
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