Historic debate on death is silenced

This mushy-middle bill is vulnerable and two-thirds of opposition MPs have been denied the opportunity to be heard on a historic bill, and that means their constituents have been gagged.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told a Senate committee this week that her government's assisted-dying legislation was a 'transformational shift' in this country. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY TIM HARPER

May 9, 2016

OTTAWA—Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was telling a Senate committee this week that her government's assisted-dying legislation was a "transformational shift" in this country. But she had to excuse herself. She was needed down the hall in the House of Commons to explain why debate had to b...

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