Jun 2016
Liberals' assisted-dying bill is now law after clearing final hurdles
CBC News
June 17, 2016
The Liberal government's much debated and often criticized assisted dying bill is now law.
The bill received royal assent Friday afternoon after passing a final vote in the Senate earlier in the day. The bill was voted through after a final bid by senators failed to expand the scope of who qualifies for a doctor-assisted death.
Apr 2016
Doctor-assisted dying bill restricted to adults facing 'foreseeable' death
CBC News
April 14, 2016
Doctor-assisted death will be restricted to mentally competent adults who have serious and incurable illness, disease or disability under new legislation tabled in Parliament today.
The long-awaited bill also sets out safeguards to protect vulnerable Canadians, but does not include some of the most contentious recommendations from a parliamentary committee, including extending the right to die to "mature minors" and the mentally ill, and allowing advance consent for patients with degenerative disorders.