Bill C-14

• Two years in, critics say medically assisted dying laws still need work

  "People who would like to make an advanced request should they have a diagnosis like dementia, they are completely excluded from this legislation."

  Jun 8, 2018
  
• B.C. assisted dying review finds program working well, but room for improvement

  The review also found there is work being done on improving documentation as 40 per cent of case files were missing forms.

  Oct 3, 2017
  
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• W.P. Kinsella, ‘Shoeless Joe’ author, dead at 81 through doctor-assisted death

  Renowned B.C. and Alberta author W. P. Kinsella passed away Friday afternoon afternoon by assisted suicide at the age of 81, according to the writer's literary agent.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2016
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• Feds spent thousands to bring cabinet minister home early for vote

  Federal officials scrambled to book costly last-minute flights in order to bring a cabinet minister back to Ottawa earlier this year in time for an expected vote on the government's controversial doctor-assisted dying bill.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2016
• Most Canadians disagree with Liberals, want advance consent for assisted death: Ipsos poll

  A new Ipsos poll shows Canadians have mixed feelings about the rules Ottawa has drawn up to govern medically assisted dying.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2016
• Bill C-14: MPs reject Senate’s changes to assisted dying legislation

  The political game of ping pong over the assisted dying bill is continuing, with the House of Commons sending Bill C-14 back to the Senate.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2016
• Medically assisted death: Can Canadian prison inmates now ask to die?

  A Belgian man three decades into a life sentence for rape and murder wanted doctors to help him die — and he nearly got his wish.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2016
• Senate passes amended assisted dying bill, sends it back to the House

  The Senate has sent the federal government's controversial bill on assisted dying back to the House of Commons with a major amendment.

  Politics

  Jun 15, 2016
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• Assisted death law need not comply with top court ruling: Wilson-Raybould

  Jody Wilson-Raybould says the government's proposed new law on assisted dying does not need to comply with the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the issue.

  Health

  Jun 13, 2016
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• NB physicians offering assisted dying won’t be prosecuted if they follow criteria

  Crown prosecutors in New Brunswick have been issued a directive outlining the circumstances where a physician-assisted death would be legally allowed.

  Health

  Jun 13, 2016