WINNIPEG

Winnipeg MP and assisted suicide advocate writes book to force parliamentary discussion

The Canadian Press Published Saturday, August 29, 2015 1:35PM CST

Then-Conservative MP Steven Fletcher, who has drafted private member's bills related to assisted suicide, scrums with reporters in the foyer of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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A Winnipeg M-P and assisted-death advocate has released a book that chronicles his struggle to live with a catastrophic disability and his attempts to force Parliament to deal with the issue.

Conservative Steven Fletcher's book "Master of My Fate" written with his help by former Manitoba cabinet minister Linda McIntosh.

The book was released Friday, the same day the federal government launched a survey to help it respond to the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark ruling last winter on doctor-assisted death.

Fletcher predicts there will be no new federal law and provincial governments will wind up setting their own rules and protocols governing assisted death.