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Politics This Morning: Quebec court grants feds fourth extension to amend assisted-dying law

Plus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, and Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman are expected to meet virtually with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Justice Minister David Lametti's petition to Quebec's Superior Court for a fourth extension was granted just a day before the deadline for responding to its ruling on assisted dying. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Beatrice Paez

February 26, 2021

Good Friday morning, Quebec's Superior Court has agreed to grant the feds a fourth extension to pass legislation that would respond to its ruling invalidating a provision that limits access to assisted death to those whose deaths are "reasonably foreseeable." The bill

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