Friday 20 November 2015

Assisted Suicide Law v2

Before February 6th, 2016, what will happen with regards to Canada's assisted suicide law?
A new law will be passed regulating assisted suicide: 25%
The current law will be extended by the Supreme Court: 50%
The current law will expire: 25%

On February 6th, 2016, the current law regarding assisted suicide is set to expire, as per February's Supreme Court decision (see my previous post here, and the editorial here).  The government is currently considering what to do, and has not ruled out asking the Supreme Court to extend the current law to allow more time for a new one to be drafted.  I think that the government will probably make this request, and it will be granted additional time to draft a new law.  Having said that, a wide variety of potential outcomes are possible, especially if the Supreme Court turns down the government's request for an extension.

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