Rhonda Clarke admits she wants to be a star.
After a 39-day hunger strike last summer that has left lasting bowel problems and gathering 90,000 signatures from across Ontario on her petition for death with dignity, Clarke wants to see her petition in Prime Minister Jean Chretien's hands, not just any MP or MP's assistant's mitts.
"We're working on a creative way to see the PM," she said. "I want to go out with a bang."
A meeting was set between Clarke and dignity supporter, B.C. MP Svend Robinson, January 27 in a Toronto hotel where he was to offer to take the petition to the House of Commons but that wasn't good enough for Clarke. She feels that politicians like Robinson have their own political agendas. She didn't attend the meeting and wants to personally hand the stacks of signatures to Chretian. She was written the PM two letters - and hasn't heard any response.
"I want the ending to be as important," she said of her fight for euthanasia. "I'll never do it again - it's too much work."
Clarke said she can't go to Ottawa now because of the weather (she anticipates a long wait outside) and because of a lack of funds.
