Doctor-assisted dying bill a ‘minimalist response’ to Supreme Court ruling, designed to pass: Ogilvie

Sen. Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, co-chair of the special Joint House and Senate Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying, is disappointed the government’s right-to-die bill didn’t go further, saying it was designed to pass with the least controversy.
Last Thursday, Justice Minister Jody Wilson Raybould tabled the government’s legislative response to the February 2015 unanimous Supreme Court ruling that banning physician-assisted dying is unconstitutional.
The new medical-assistance-in-dying bill introduced by the government last week is a “minimalist response,” designed to pass with reduced objection, says Conservative Sen. Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, co-chair of the special Joint House and Senate Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying. He told T...

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