What becomes of him is now in the hands of an Ontario judge, Justice Glenn Hainey, who heard arguments this week for and against the continuation of his life support. Along with his co-counsel Hugh Scher, Handelman argues that removing life support for Ouanounou, a committed Orthodox Jew, would violate his charter right to freedom of religion. Before his asthma attack, "[Shalom] made clear that his beliefs in this regard are that "brain death" is not the same as death," he went on. The McKitty family is also being represented by Hugh Scher. Initial arguments in that case centred on the possibility that McKitty was not in fact brain dead.

Source: CBC News February 15, 2018 17:57 UTC