Bill C-7

• ‘Darker side’: Canada’s euthanasia laws a threat to disabled, experts say

  Human rights advocates say the country's regulations lack necessary safeguards and are prompting doctors to suggest the procedure to those who might not otherwise consider it.

  Health

  Aug 11, 2022
  
• Medical assistance in dying: Do doctors need to know more about Canada’s new law?

  Canada's new medical assistance in dying law opens access to the procedure for more Canadians, but some say they are being unfairly denied. Can more awareness help?

  Health

  May 6, 2021
  
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• 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
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• 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
• Canadian Senate passes Bill C-7, expanding assisted dying to include mental illness

  The bill is expected to receive royal assent later tonight.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2021
• Collaboration between House of Commons, Senate on assisted dying bill praised by senator

  Gold said the government responded respectfully and thoughtfully to the Senate's amendments, rejecting two but building on three others.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2021
• Saskatoon medically-assisted dying facility on hold pending Bill C-7

  A Saskatoon man's plans to improve access to medical assistance in dying with a new facility are on pause as Bill C-7 remains before parliament.

  Canada

  Mar 5, 2021
• Feds gets another month to expand access to assisted dying as bill stalls in the Commons

  Quebec Superior Court Justice Martin Sheehan agreed to give the government a fourth extension -- until March 26 -- to bring the law into compliance with a 2019 court ruling.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 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
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• 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