Commercial Forays Into Social Issues Highlighted by Simons Ad on Assisted Death

Commercial Forays Into Social Issues Highlighted by Simons Ad on Assisted Death
Customers walk into the Simons store at Londonderry Mall in Edmonton in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
Lee Harding
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The pro-life advocate who launched a boycott of a Quebec fashion retailer that ran an ad on its website highlighting medical assistance in dying says the ad demonstrates the willingness of corporations to weigh in on social issues, even to the point of being controversial.

“It’s become the new thing that if you’re a corporation and you want to be part of the ‘in’ crowd or the ‘in’ message, that yes, you promote these highly controversial ideas,” Alex Schadenberg, founder of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, said in an interview.

Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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