Wednesday 18 February 2015

Assisted Suicide Law

Q49: When will a law be passed regulating assisted suicide?
Before the next election: 30%
After the next election, but before the existing law is struck down: 50%
Not before the existing law is struck down: 20%

The Supreme Court of Canada recently struck down the ban on assisted suicide.  The court gave Parliament 12 months to create a new law before the current law is struck down.  The government does not seem to be moving quickly on the issue, and the conventional wisdom seems to be that a law will not be proposed before the next election.  There is also some worry that no law will be drafted at all, and assisted suicide will be left unregulated (like abortion).

I think a new law before the next election is somewhat likely, but a law after the election is the most likely outcome.  However, there might not be enough time after the election to pass a new law.  The Conservatives and Liberals are about equally likely to pass a law after the election.

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