OTTAWA — When parliament resumes later this month after its winter break, one of the first items of business will be reforms to the medically assisted death law, which was passed in 2016 and is now up for review.
“We always knew that there would be continual changes that would be made to the law as Canadian society evolved,” Justice Minister David Lametti said in an interview. The online public consultation will run until Jan. 27, the same day the House of Commons returns from its winter break. Lametti, along with fellow cabinet ministers Patty Hajdu and Carla Qualtrough, will also be holding consultations around the country with front-line experts, academics and associations representing people who may request a medically assisted death.
If the consultations show there is consensus on other reforms, those may also make it into the bill this spring. But a parliamentary committee will start a study of the law later this spring, a review mandated by the original legislation. That study will tackle some of the thorniest issues that still remain, and three issues in particular will be at the top of the agenda.
Finally, the committee will look at whether a medically assisted death should be available to someone whose sole underlying medical condition is mental illness. Currently such people are not technically forbidden, but the law’s criteria makes it very difficult for them to get access.
Consultation about medically assisted death both smile ,,, What will they do if it (the bill) passes ?
.... and then they'll ignore what people say if they don't agree.... think we've been here before (think election reform!)
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