Assisted-dying parliamentary review still up in air as Justice Committee stares down ‘logjam’

The new legislation must come into effect by Dec. 18 in order to meet the deadline imposed by a Quebec court after the September 2019 Truchon case and subsequent appeals by both the federal and Quebec governments.

Justice Minister David Lametti was one of just four Liberal MPs to vote against Bill C-14, citing constitutional concerns. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

October 8, 2020

A mandated review of Canada's assisted-dying law is still up in the air four months after it was supposed to begin, with opposition MPs and the government pointing fingers at each other and saying it falls on the other party to initiate such a review. Conservative MP Michael Cooper (St. Albert-Edmo...

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