FIRST READING: Quebec radio host says assisted suicide is 'solution' for the mentally ill

FIRST READING: Quebec radio host says assisted suicide is 'solution' for the mentally ill

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. TOP STORY A Quebec radio host and former politician is under fire from disability rights advocates after a broadcast in which he suggested that doctor-assisted suicide could be a form of “liberation” for the mentally ill. During a May 15 broadcast on the talk radio station 98.5 Mont…