Medical-assisted dying
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Parliamentary committee calls for ‘clear guidelines’ in assisted dying interim reportThe report calls for "standards of practice, clear guidelines, adequate training for practitioners and comprehensive patient assessments" to be implemented ahead of March 2023.HealthJun 22
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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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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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Liberals seek 2nd extension on deadline to change assisted dying lawA Quebec court found parts of the law unconstitutional last fall, ordering the government to change a provision saying that someone's death has to be ``reasonably foreseeable'' to be eligible to end his or her life with a doctor's help.CanadaJun 11, 2020
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Federal government begins public consultations on medically assisted dyingThe Trudeau government is launching public consultations today on how best to respond to a court ruling that concluded it's unconstitutional to allow only Canadians who are already near death to seek medical assistance to end their suffering.CanadaJan 13, 2020
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‘Suffering is something they want to alleviate’: medically-assisted deaths on rise in CanadaThe number of Canadians opting for medically-assisted deaths rose 29 per cent between the first and last six months of 2017.HealthJul 9, 2018
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Medically assisted death fails Saskatoon familyCecilia Chmura wanted to die more than she wanted to live but because her death wasn't "reasonably foreseeable" she was denied a medically assisted death.HealthMay 29, 2018