It could soon be easier for Canadians to make decisions on medically assisted dying.
The Trudeau government is introducing legislation to amend the current law which Justice Minister David Lametti says will involve those people whose death is reasonably foreseeable and for those whose death is not.
“Under both tracks patients must be faced with intolerable suffering and be in an advanced state of irreversible decline as the result of an incurable illness.”
Health Minister and Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Patty Hajdu says “Under the current system there is a requirement for a ten day reflection period. We have heard that this safeguard does not provide additional certainty or protection. So we are proposing to eliminate this reflection period.”
The amendments are in response to a Quebec court ruling on the issue which gave the government six months to make changes.
