Winnipeg Free Press By: Royce Koop Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian Press FILE Catherine Frazee testified that disabled Canadians need support to live with dignity rather than assistance in dying. New York Times columnist Elizabeth Bruenig, in a moving and personal column on coming to terms with her epilepsy, tells the story of her daughter inquiring about why chopping onions burns her eyes. This is how onions protect themselves, Bruenig explained. “Every living thing wants most of all to live.” Opinion New York Times columnist Elizabeth Bruenig, in a moving and personal column on coming to terms with her epilepsy, tells the story of her daughter inquiring about why chopping onions burns her eyes. This is how onions protect themselves, Bruenig explained. "Every living thing wants most of all to live."