They recommend the new laws, which the federal government is considering in response to a Quebec court ruling, not exclude people who have only mental illness. The Quebec decision is not binding in other provinces, but any amendments to the federal Criminal Code will be. The Quebec decision marked a conceptual shift in Canada’s assisted-dying regime that has led to this urgent moment. The Quebec decision marked a conceptual shift in Canada's assisted-dying regimeThe Quebec decision does not create a “legal vacuum,” according to the Quebec ruling by Judge Christine Baudouin. It simply undoes the one part of the Liberal government’s assisted-dying scheme that had not already been spelled out by the Supreme Court.

Source: National Post January 31, 2020 01:07 UTC