MONTREAL – The provincial government’s dying with dignity law may not come into effect Dec. 10, as previously planned.
A group of Quebec doctors has tabled an injunction to fight the law.
The federal government has reportedly also asked Quebec to wait until its own reflection on the right-to-die issue is complete before putting the law in effect.
Last February, the Supreme Court gave the federal government one year to legislate the right-to-die issue with a doctor’s help, but as Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette pointed out, the province’s research is way ahead of the rest of Canada.
“This is a much more difficult issue at this time outside Quebec – in Canada,” he said.
“Quebec has been reflecting for four years.”
The injunction was tabled by Quebec doctors for public healthcare.
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