Wed Feb 15, 2023 – 8:07 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-life Conservative MP Mark Strahl said the federal Liberal government’s planned expansion of Canada’s euthanasia laws to include those with mental illness needs to be rejected “entirely” as a matter of “life and death” to protect those who are vulnerable.
“We don’t just need to delay this dangerous expansion of assisted suicide. We need to reject it entirely,” Strahl said during a debate Monday in the House of Commons over the Liberal government’s planned expansion of Canada’s assisted laws.
“Conservatives will never give up on those experiencing mental illness. We believe that recovery is possible, and we should focus on offering treatment and help, not assisted death to those who are suffering.”
On Monday, Canadian MPs debated a bill introduced by Minister of Justice David Lametti two weeks ago that will delay the expansion of Canada’s euthanasia laws to include those suffering solely from mental illness and possibly “mature minors.”
The bill was introduced 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 Code (medical assistance in dying) and is now in its second reading.
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