Committee Rejects Amendment for Advance Assisted-Dying Requests
The Liberal-dominated committee studying the federal government’s doctor-assisted dying legislation has rejected several opposition amendments, including a proposal that would allow people to make requests in advance.
NDP MP Murray Rankin submitted the amendment to Bill C-14 to allow those suffering from degenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s to ask for the procedure in advance, before they lose capacity, as recommended by a special joint parliamentary committee that studied the subject for two months.
