Right-to-die report released

A new report released Tuesday in Ottawa says Canada should legalize assisted suicide for competent adults who have decided their life is not worth living.

It also recommends governments cover end-of-life planning discussions under health insurance plans.

This report is expected to spark new controversy over the right to die issue.

Eighteen years ago, the country’s highest court rejected the case of Sue Rodriguez, a B.C. woman in advanced stages of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, who argued the criminalization of assisted suicide violated her constitutional rights.

This report comes as a case is being heard in B.C. Supreme Court once again challenging Canada’s laws.