Assisted Dying Bill

• Tory senators hold up start of parliamentary review of assisted dying and mature minors

  Conservative 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.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2021
  
• Psychiatrists more open to assisted dying for people with mental illnesses: survey

  Canadian psychiatrists' attitude toward medical assistance in dying for people with mental illnesses appears to have undergone a sea change over the past five years.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2021
  
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• House passes revised assisted dying bill with Liberal, Bloc Quebecois support

  Conservative, NDP and two of three Green MPs opposed.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2021
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• Feds ask court to grant 4th extension to allow passage of assisted dying bill

  Justice Minister David Lametti is asking the court to give the government one more month -- until March 26 -- to pass Bill C-7.

  Politics

  Feb 19, 2021
• Commons to debate Senate changes to assisted dying bill days before deadline

  The House of Commons will wait until Tuesday to debate whether to accept or reject Senate amendments.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2021
• Senators demand race-based data be part of assisted dying program

  They approved Thursday an amendment to Bill C-7 requiring the government to collect such data.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2021
• Canadian Senate committee accepts assisted dying bill but amendments still to come

  The Senate's legal and constitutional affairs committee accepted the bill Wednesday in a matter of minutes, without amendment.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2021
• Senator questions assisted dying sedative linked to botched U.S. executions

  Senator Michael Macdonald pointed out that the drug midazolam has resulted in adverse reactions during U.S. executions.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2020
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• Senate vote on assisted dying bill delayed to February due to Quebec ruling

  The new deadline to pass the proposed legislation is now Feb. 26.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2020
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• Constitutional challenges to assisted dying bill inevitable: Government Senate rep

  But 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.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2020