A proposal for an emergency resolution that called on the Liberal government to amend its legislation on medically assisted dying has been rejected at the Liberal convention in Winnipeg. Robbins brought her proposal for an emergency resolution to the women's commission on Thursday afternoon, but the commission declined to sponsor it. The Liberal government, which is seeking to have a bill passed before the Supreme Court's deadline of June 6, hopes the House will approve Bill C-14 on Tuesday. The motion proposed by Wendy Robbins, policy chair of the Liberal women's commission, calls on the government to amend C-14 to remove the definition of "grievous and irremediable condition" and references to "reasonably foreseeable" death, while permitting advance requests for medical assistance in dying. A bad bill isn't going to do us any good.

Source: CBC News May 26, 2016 19:48 UTC