Liberals back away from MAID debate with Quebec, not wanting to ‘butt heads’

Quebec is allowing advance requests for medical assistance in dying, violating the Canadian Criminal Code. Unchallenged, the precedent could ‘influence other provinces’ to do the same, says UBC law prof Brian Bird.

In September, Quebec Premier François Legault's government issued a directive to prosecutors telling them not to pursue charges against medical practitioners who fulfill advance requests for MAID as of Oct. 30.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

November 8, 2024

The Quebec government’s decision to move ahead with advance requests for medical assistance in dying in defiance of the Criminal Code presents a political and legal “hornets’ nest” for federal parties, says a Quebec-based political scientist.

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