by
Poilievre supports a bill that would ban proposing euthanasia to someone who did not request it, but he added that Canadians who ‘want’ euthanasia should still be able to access it.
(LifeSiteNews) — Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative Party (CPC), said there needs to be restrictions on euthanasia during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. But he also said people should still be able to choose the procedure if they want it.
Poilievre’s sit-down interview with Rogan, posted earlier this week, has garnered close to 2 million views. The interview covered a variety of topics, including general politics, “MAiD” (Medical Assistance in Dying), tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Poilievre’s election loss to Mark Carney.
The Conservative leader told Rogan he supports a private member’s bill which, if passed, would ban any person in government or another authority from proposing euthanasia to someone who did not request it.
“Our system needs to be geared towards giving people all the best options to live on rather than just suggesting MAiD as the easy, as the automatic path for the system to impose on people,” he told Rogan.
“So one of the things our party is pushing for is to make clear that public servants who are getting phone calls from people who are in need of help for something. They shouldn’t be offering that. They shouldn’t be offering MAiD.”
Poilievre’s MAiD comments weak compared to his more pro-life MPs views
Poilievre said that “people can seek [MAiD] out if they want,” but added “you’re calling up saying. ‘I’m poor’ or ‘I’m struggling’ or ‘I’m having a mental illness’ or ‘I’ve got an injury,’ we shouldn’t have a government worker saying, ‘Well, consider MAiD.’”
Rogan had told Poilievre that he had “concerns” over Canada’s expansion of MAiD. Around one in 20 Canadians die from MAiD every year.
Rogan, like Poilievre, is not fully pro-life, saying there is a “place for” MAiD. Like the Conservative leader, he thinks it should be severely limited in scope.
Poilievre, in his comments to Rogan, was referring to Conservative MP Garnett Genuis’ Bill C-260, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying — protection against coercion).” This bill was introduced last month.