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Friday’s Supreme Court decision legalizing doctor-assisted suicide was a blow to Canadian social conservatives, the latest in a series of court rulings — on prostitution, gay marriage, and other issues — poking at traditional mores. The Post‘s Jen Gerson spoke on Sunday with one of the country’s most prominent social conservatives, Stockwell Day, a former Conservative cabinet minister and onetime leader of the Canadian Alliance:

Q: Were you surprised by the Supreme Court ruling?

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A: No. This particular court has proven to be activist and a court that leans toward creating law rather than ruling on existing law, so it wasn’t a surprise.

Q: What role do you think social conservatives might have in testing or challenging this law in coming weeks, months and years?

A: It’s clear to me that this question spans political labels. There are people who would define themselves as small-l liberals that I’ve talked to on this particular point who don’t like this ruling. It goes beyond [social conservatives]. It’s people who, for whatever reason, their moral compass is saying it is wrong to actively be involved in the death of another person. And I’ve talked to people who are liberals, who are conservatives, who are atheists, who are theists.