Canada Assisted-dying
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Medically assisted deaths rose by 17% in 2020, continuing upward trend: Health CanadaA Health Canada official provided the latest statistics at a meeting of the newly launched joint parliamentary committee that is reviewing Canada's assisted dying regime.HealthJun 8, 2021
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Parliamentary review of assisted dying law held up by Senate wrangling over co-chairFour senators have been chosen to sit on the committee by three of the four Senate groups.CanadaApr 27, 2021
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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
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Collaboration between House of Commons, Senate on assisted dying bill praised by senatorGold said the government responded respectfully and thoughtfully to the Senate's amendments, rejecting two but building on three others.CanadaMar 15, 2021
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Feds gets another month to expand access to assisted dying as bill stalls in the CommonsQuebec 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.CanadaFeb 25, 2021
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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
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MPs must decide whether to accept or reject Senate amendments to assisted dying billFor now, Justice Minister David Lametti's office won't say if the Trudeau government is willing to accept any of the amendments.CanadaFeb 14, 2021
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Canadian senators to vote on assisted dying bill Feb. 17 as deadline loomsSenators, who began final debate Monday, will begin dealing with the amendments to Bill C-7 on Tuesday.CanadaFeb 8, 2021
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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
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Lametti questions Conservatives’ motives as debate over assisted dying bill drags onConservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill C-7, which would expand access to medically assisted death to people who are suffering intolerably but not near death.CanadaDec 9, 2020
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