Quebec, Canada to Redefine Assisted Suicide As Medical Treatment
by Wesley J. Smith | Montreal, Canada | | 1/16/13 3:46 PM
Assisted suicide is against Canadian federal law, a statute that
applies throughout the country. But health care law is governed
by the provinces (as I understand it). Hence, Quebec will try
and redefine some suicides into a medical treatment as a means
of circumventing federal law. From the CBC story:  The Quebec
government says it will proceed with so-called “dying with
dignity” legislation aimed at allowing doctors to help some
terminally ill patients end their lives. A provincial panel of
legal experts studying medically assisted end-of-life procedures
released its recommendations Tuesday, suggesting Quebec could
bypass the Canadian Criminal Code — which prohibits assisted
suicide — and allow doctors to help some people who wish to die
at a time of their own choosing.  The panel concludes that when
a terminally ill patient is receiving palliative treatment and
can demonstrate with