Five unexpected developments in Bill C-14 debate

To earn the respect of a less partisan Upper House, the government may have to show more respect to due process in the House of Commons.

The fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government missed Monday's court-imposed deadline to prevent a legal void is probably the least unexpected development in the legislative saga that has consumed MPs and Senators over the first session of the new Parliament.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

June 13, 2016

OTTAWA—The time-sensitive production of a Charter-compliant federal law on medically-assisted death was always going to be a logistical challenge for whomever was elected to power last October. On that basis, the fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government missed Monday's court-imposed d...

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