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OTTAWA, Ontario, December 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Canadian House of Commons has sent Bill C-7, which would expand provisions for assisted suicide in Canada, to the Senate for review after the contentious bill passed the third reading yesterday.
A total of 213 Members of Parliament (MP) voted in favor of the bill, with 106 votes against it.
15 Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) MPs voted for the bill, with all the rest (103) voting against it, including CPC leader Erin O’Toole. All NDP, Green, and Bloc Quebecois MPs voted for the bill. Most Liberal MPs save for two voted in favor. Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, who now sits as an independent, voted against the bill.
Canada’s Senate will now debate the bill starting early next week.
Bill C-7, should it become law, will take away “safeguards” currently in place in Canada’s euthanasia legislation, including the prerequisite that the person who is looking to take their own life with assistance be terminally ill, and able to provide their consent at the time of death.
Also, Bill C-7 would take
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