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   The MAJORITY of Canadians want to have the option of 'passing over' when   
   they decide it's time to pass over.   
   Harper and his damned Cons think they know better and they are imposing   
   their government will over the majority of Canadians.   
      
   Remember the saying:   
   “When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the   
   government fears the people there is liberty.”  ~ Thomas Jefferson   
      
   We have a tyrannical government in power.  We need to change that.   
   ___________________________________________   
   October 11, 2013 - Globe and Mail   
      
      
   Majority of Canadians approve of assisted suicide: poll   
      
      
   Environics Institute survey found 68 per cent of respondents said people   
   who facilitate euthanasia should not be charged with a crime   
      
   A solid majority of Canadians approve of euthanasia, putting public   
   opinion firmly on one side of the debate as it gains traction in the   
   courts and the political sphere, a new poll suggests.   
      
   In a survey of 1,002 people to be released Friday by the Environics   
   Institute, 68 per cent of respondents said those who help seriously ill   
   people commit suicide should not be charged with a crime. Conversely,   
   just 16 per cent of those polled were in favour of laying charges. A   
   separate question, on support for euthanasia more generally, found   
   similar results, with nearly seven in 10 people in favour and 20 per   
   cent against.   
      
   Those numbers have remained relatively steady since 1992, when   
   Environics found 64 per cent of people approved of euthanasia.   
      
   "The basic story is that there's been relatively little change over the   
   past 20 years in peoples' views about this," said Keith Neuman,   
   executive director of the Environics Institute, a not-for-profit   
   research group.   
      
   That consistency may have to do with the fact that the discussion is   
   most often had around the dinner table. "This is an issue that's not in   
   the news that often," Mr. Neuman said. "It's also a question, in a   
   sense, that's about values rather than policy."   
      
   This year, however, the debate on assisted suicide has been squarely in   
   the public eye. The Quebec government introduced a bill in the spring   
   that would allow physicians to help patients die in certain   
   circumstances, and provincial health ministers talked about the matter   
   at a summit last week. A video by Donald Low, a high-ranking Ontario   
   medical official calling on the country to legalize euthanasia, went   
   viral last month shortly after he died of cancer.  And on Thursday, a   
   court in British Columbia upheld the prohibition against euthanasia.   
      
   The Environics poll found majority support for euthanasia among every   
   age group and in every region of the country. But there was some   
   variation, with backing highest in Quebec (79 per cent) and B.C. (76 per   
   cent), and lowest in Saskatchewan and Manitoba (62 per cent).   
      
   Older Canadians were more likely to support the practice than their   
   younger cohorts – a reversal of roles from the 1990s. The exact reason   
   for this last variation is not clear, but Mr. Neuman suggested it could   
   have to do with peoples' opinions changing as they grow older. It could   
   also indicate a generational shift as boomers age.   
      
   Environics says the overall survey results are considered accurate   
   within plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, with   
   higher margins of error for the age and regional sub-groups. The poll   
   was conducted by live telephone interviews via land lines, between Oct.   
   1 and 7.   
      
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