Opinion: That every life matters must inform assisted-dying debate

A court decision has resulted in the legalization one year ago of physician-assisted suicide in Canada, something that was unthinkable just five years ago.
We as citizens – whether people of faith or not – have a responsibility to look critically at the fallout of that decision and consider some important questions about how it is changing our society.
We hear that this is a matter of personal choice. But is it really a choice when a patient does not have access to palliative care th