‘A big first step’: prime minister rejects critics who say assisted dying bill doesn’t go far enough, but suggests rules may evolve

Justin Trudeau also seemed to argue the new law could evolve through real-world application and court rulings.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called C-14 'a big first step that is going to be followed by a lot of discussions and evolution over the coming decade as we begin to develop practices and case law.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PAUL WELLS

June 13, 2016

OTTAWA—As the Supreme Court's deadline for assisted-dying legislation passed with no new law in place, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected claims his proposed law doesn't go nearly far enough. "Around the cabinet table, some of the most compelling conversations we had were around the disab...

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