Quebec to Hold Public Hearings on Assisted Suicide
September 7, 2010 (CTV News)
Quebecers will delve into the thorny and emotionally charged debate over euthanasia and assisted suicide this week as public hearings into dying with dignity get underway.
A committee of provincial politicians has heard from experts and it will now be the public's turn in discussions that promise to be polarizing and emotional, said Geoff Kelley, a Liberal overseeing the hearings.
"We'll be looking at the question of dignity for the end of life and that's very important," Kelley said in an interview. "But obviously it leads you on to the minefield of . . . euthanasia and . . . assisted suicide that probably were last raised in the early '90s when Sue Rodriguez's case went forward and was debated before the courts."
