Poilievre, Candidate Baber Call Death of Unvaccinated Woman Denied Organ Transplant ‘Failure of Medical Ethics’

Alberta resident Sheila Annette Lewis. Courtesy of Sheila A. Lewis

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he agrees with comments by Tory candidate and former Ontario MPP Roman Baber that the death of an Alberta woman who was denied an organ transplant because she didn’t want to get COVID-19 vaccination is a failure of medical ethics.

“The Canada Health Act forbids discrimination, but Sheila Lewis was denied transplant because of a lawful medical choice,” Baber said on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Aug. 25. Ms. Lewis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2018 and was told she would not survive without an organ transplant, passed away a day earlier.