There's now no way the federal government is going to meet Monday's Supreme Court deadline to enact legislation on doctor-assisted dying. Senators have voted to adopt the legislation, known as Bill C-14, in principle and to send it to the Senate's legal committee. The members of the Senate committee will meet Monday to hear witnesses, and will do a clause-by-clause review first thing Tuesday in order to report it back to the Senate that day. Those guidelines impose safeguards similar to — and in some cases, even stronger than — those proposed in C-14. However, after Friday's decision, the upper chamber opted to adjourn until Tuesday — the day after the high court's deadline.

Source: CBC News June 03, 2016 18:02 UTC