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Wednesday January 29, 2003
TRILLIUM FUND "FUNDING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY" WITH SUICIDE COUNSELLING
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TORONTO, January 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Following yesterday's revelation by LifeSite News that an Ontario government agency, the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), gave a nearly $180,000 grant to the pro-assisted suicide group Dying With Dignity, the Ministry of Culture has distanced itself from the agency. Gary Wheeler, a spokesman for the Ministry of Culture told LifeSite that OTF "is an arms-length agency and the agency's board has final authority on such grants." Wheeler said that the Minster would not comment on the grant and that the agency would have exercised due diligence.
Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, told LifeSite he was "shocked that the Trillium Foundation would support an illegal activity such as the counseling of suicide."
Dying with Dignity's goals are clear from its website where it boasts that it is "a member and active participant in the World Federation of Right to Die Societies." Moreover, the group also acknowledges that one of its goals is to "build public support for legal change to permit voluntary, physician-assisted dying."
In its press release today, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition states, "Death with Dignity also attends NuTech conferences. NuTech is an organization which promotes the 'Exit Bag - Suicide Bag' and develops new methods of euthanasia and assisted suicide, including the 'Debreather' and the use of Helium as a suicide agent"
"It doesn't matter how they candy-coated their application, their purpose is to aid, abet, and counsel suicide" said Schadenberg of DWD. "They also exist to change the law - a political activity - and thus their charitable status should be revoked."
See LifeSite's original coverage of the story:
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT GIVES $177,800 TO PRO-EUTHANASIA GROUP
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/jan/03012801.html
See the Dying With Dignity brochure outlining their goals:
http://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/brochure.html
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