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Petition to Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Please sign our online petition which will be delivered to the federal Justice Minister and Attorney General.


Send the petition linkto all your email contacts, Like it on Facebook and Tweet it too. CLC will deliver printed petitions to the Justice Minister and Attorney General, the Hon. Rob Nicholson before the deadline for appeal which is July 15, 2012.

On June 15th a B.C. Supreme Court Judge issued a ruling in the Carter v. Attorney General case which, if not overturned, will plunge Canada even deeper into a culture of death. Justice Lyn Smith has made all Canadians vulnerable by striking down our criminal code prohibitions against euthanasia and assisted suicide. Especially at risk will be the elderly and the disabled who will become targets of euthanasia by the cash-strapped health care system and unscrupulous family members.  

To justify abolishing our homicide laws, Justice Smith ignored irrefutable evidence and numerous studies which prove that in other countries where assisted suicide and euthanasia has been legalized, abuse followed. The judge falsely alleged that “safeguards” have been effective in those jurisdictions to prevent elder abuse and the “slippery slope” that we have been warned about by euthanasia opponents.

Justice Smith also took on the role of executioner by granting Gloria Taylor a constitutional exemption, allowing her doctor to kill her by euthanasia or assisted suicide.

This activist-judge has no constitutional right to make laws. That power is reserved unto our elected Members of Parliament. Please sign the petition here.
 

Other ways you can fight the legalization of euthanasia:

1. Email a pre-written message to the Justice Minister with a click of your mouse
CLC created a one-click email campaign that you just sign, and with the click of a button, send Justice Minister Nicholson a message urging him to appeal the decision. The Prime Minister and all Conservative MPs will also receive a carbon copy. Minister Nicholson will receive this message from your personal email address. The pre-written message includes “required text” but permits you to personalize your message with additional text.

Go to the one-click email tool here.
 

2. Send a LETTER TO THE EDITOR of local & national newspapers using our automated program
Our cause will be helped if pro-lifers influence the public debate by bombarding newspapers across the country with letters to the editor. Based on your postal code, our Letter To The Editor program will give you a choice of local and national publications to choose from.   

Then, it provides you with talking points to help you write a customized letter through our website. Choose one or two “talking points” along the right hand side to help you personalize your letter. We’ve placed a limit of 250 words which the program will count for you.

In the final step, just press to send it to the media outlets of your choice. Note: if your local paper isn't listed, please send us the name along with an email address for the Editor so we can update our database.