Today was supposed to be the day that members of Parliament held their second hour of debate on the bill to legalize euthanasia, the vote to either support private member?s bill C-384 and send it to committee or mercifully kill the idea was supposed to happen tomorrow. Instead Bloc Quebecois MP Francine Lalonde has put her bill on life support, delaying any further debate until February. The reason is simple, Lalonde doesn?t have the votes.
In the News
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December 2nd, 2009
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December 2nd, 2009
Young men who believe that happiness declines with age are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors such as binge drinking. Their misguided negative view of the aging process may act as a disincentive to behave 'sensibly' and encourage them to make the most of the present in anticipation of 'miserable' old age.
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December 1st, 2009
Labour was accused of a 'pathological' opposition to supporting marriage by David Cameron yesterday as he promised a Tory government would reward every wedded couple.
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December 1st, 2009
People who smoke potent skunk are more at risk of psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia than those who use other types of cannabis, scientists suspect.
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December 1st, 2009
Canada's Parliament is considering a motion to clarify laws dealing with assisted suicide.
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December 1st, 2009
People who smoke the highly potent form of cannabis known as skunk are almost seven times more likely to develop a psychotic illness than those who use the traditional strength drug, a new study shows for the first time.
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December 1st, 2009
The High Court in Northern Ireland has ruled against government guidance which implied that abortion is a right.
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December 1st, 2009
Police investigating a fire at a church in rural Warwickshire said it could have been started deliberately.
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December 1st, 2009
A young Christian man is in hiding in Pakistan from Taliban militants who seek to kill him for 'blasphemy' because he defended his faith.
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December 1st, 2009
They had planned a wedding day like Latin America has never seen. But as Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre were being fitted for their tuxedos an Argentine judge issued an order late Monday blocking the continent's first homosexual 'marriage' on Tuesday.