Assisted Dying Bill
-
Tory senators hold up start of parliamentary review of assisted dying and mature minorsConservative senators are holding up the start of a long-awaited, legally required, special parliamentary committee that is supposed to review Canada's assisted dying regime.CanadaApr 27, 2021
-
Psychiatrists more open to assisted dying for people with mental illnesses: surveyCanadian psychiatrists' attitude toward medical assistance in dying for people with mental illnesses appears to have undergone a sea change over the past five years.CanadaMar 20, 2021
-
-
Advertisement
-
House passes revised assisted dying bill with Liberal, Bloc Quebecois supportConservative, NDP and two of three Green MPs opposed.CanadaMar 11, 2021
-
-
Advertisement
-
Feds ask court to grant 4th extension to allow passage of assisted dying billJustice Minister David Lametti is asking the court to give the government one more month -- until March 26 -- to pass Bill C-7.PoliticsFeb 19, 2021
-
Commons to debate Senate changes to assisted dying bill days before deadlineThe House of Commons will wait until Tuesday to debate whether to accept or reject Senate amendments.CanadaFeb 18, 2021
-
-
Senators demand race-based data be part of assisted dying programThey approved Thursday an amendment to Bill C-7 requiring the government to collect such data.CanadaFeb 11, 2021
-
-
Canadian Senate committee accepts assisted dying bill but amendments still to comeThe Senate's legal and constitutional affairs committee accepted the bill Wednesday in a matter of minutes, without amendment.CanadaFeb 3, 2021
-
Senator questions assisted dying sedative linked to botched U.S. executionsSenator Michael Macdonald pointed out that the drug midazolam has resulted in adverse reactions during U.S. executions.CanadaDec 17, 2020
-
-
Advertisement
-
Senate vote on assisted dying bill delayed to February due to Quebec rulingThe new deadline to pass the proposed legislation is now Feb. 26.CanadaDec 17, 2020
-
-
Advertisement
-
Constitutional challenges to assisted dying bill inevitable: Government Senate repBut while parliamentarians must be guided by court rulings, Sen. Marc Gold argued Tuesday they also have a duty to try to balance competing rights and interests.CanadaDec 15, 2020
Trending
-
6 officers injured in shooting at Saanich, B.C. bank, 2 suspects killed80958 Read
-
What causes long COVID? Canadian researchers think they’ve found a key clue75636 Read
-
John Horgan to step down as B.C. premier, asks party to hold fall leadership race34077 Read
-
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse case25642 Read
-
‘Too much mayonnaise’: Subway worker shot to death after sandwich argument19966 Read
-
51 migrants dead after truck trailer abandoned in San Antonio, Texas: officials19259 Read
-
Top Videos
-
Multiple people injured in shooting at Saanich, B.C. bank44377 Viewed
-
North Vancouver cat chases away bear15533 Viewed
-
B.C. Premier John Horgan announces he won’t seek re-election9383 Viewed
-
Ghislaine Maxwell to appeal after being sentenced to 20 years, lawyer says8233 Viewed
-
Edmonton police ask for help finding missing 13-year-old girl6576 Viewed
-
Families seek answers after 21 teens likely killed by unknown substance at South Africa nightclub6283 Viewed
-