The man 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…
Commercial Forays Into Social Issues Highlighted by Simons Ad on Assisted Death
Canadian Retailer Simons Removes Ad Featuring Assisted Suicide Issue
Fashion retailer Simons removed a video from YouTube on Dec. 1 that featured a young B.C. woman whose death was medically assisted. The ad was up for the month of November and did not promote Simons products, but rather a “powerful life lesson in the person of Jennyfer,” according to the company’s description of the…
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