OTTAWA, February 9, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) — Canada has a “moral imperative†to fund palliative care because people have a dignity that “comes from God,†Canada’s top ranking Catholic cardinal told the special joint parliamentary committee on “physician-assisted dying†last week. The dignity of the human person is “inherent†and remains regardless of their circumstances, Cardinal Thomas Collins of the Toronto archdiocese told the committee. “That’s why we don’t believe it’s right to kill them.†This belief in the intrinsic dignity of the human person motivates the Catholic Church’s mission of providing health care, including care for the dying, he said....
