Terms for assisted dying review murky, as Liberals, Tories look ahead to summertime study

Justice Minister David Lametti wants a parliamentary review to answer questions about MAID for minors and mental illness, but it’s not clear who will be in charge.

Justice Minister David Lametti left three contentious topics unaddressed in his bill to reform the assisted dying law, so it could be passed quickly enough to meet a court-imposed deadline. 'People are suffering' under the current law, he said.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

March 2, 2020

The government and opposition Conservatives are touting a summertime parliamentary review as the best time to deal with outstanding questions about Canada’s assisted dying law, but the terms of who is actually responsible for that review—or how the government will ...

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