The case for adding an exemption order to the government’s MAID legislation

We need only look back to previous MAID cases to see why and how to do exemption orders.
On Feb. 14 at the Senate Committee of the Whole, Health Minister Mark Holland, left, and Justice Minister Arif Virani acknowledged there are clinicians who already have the expertise necessary to determine the eligibility criteria and procedural safeguards have been met for MAID MD-SUMC, write Jocelyn Downie, Mona Gupta, and Daphne Gilbert.

Bill C-62 has arrived at the Senate, presenting members of the Upper Chamber with a difficult decision: should they accept the government’s proposed delay on giving access to medical assistance in dying to individuals whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental dis...

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