The bill is intended to extend eligibility for assisted dying to people whose natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable, in compliance with a 2019 Quebec Superior Court ruling. Another would impose an 18-month time limit on the bill's proposed blanket ban on assisted dying for people suffering solely from mental illnesses. They further amended the bill to require the government to collect race-based data on who requests and receives assisted dying and to establish a joint parliamentary committee within 30 days of the bill receiving royal assent to review the assisted dying regime in Canada. Liberals want bill passed by Feb. 26Justice Minister David Lametti's office had no immediate comment on the amended version of the bill. The government wants the bill passed by Feb. 26, the thrice-extended court-imposed deadline.

Source: CBC News February 18, 2021 00:20 UTC