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Four senators have been chosen to sit on the committee by three of the four Senate groups. But they're all waiting for the Conservative Senate caucus to name its single member, despite a unanimously passed motion requiring all Senate groups to choose their members by the end of the day last Friday. The delay revolves around a dispute over who the Senate's committee co-chair should be. Sen. Pierre Dalphond, a former judge chosen to represent the Progressive Senate Group on the committee, says Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett is refusing to name the Tory senator unless there's a guarantee t...

Tory senators hold up start of parliamentary review of assisted dying law Poll Already booked The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A long-awaited, and legally required parliamentary review of Canada's medically assisted dying regime is set to go except for the Conservative Senate caucus, which has yet to name its member of the committee. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA – Conservative senators are holding up the start of a long-awaited, legally required, special parliamentary committee that is supposed to review Canada�...

by The Canadian Press Last Updated Apr 27, 2021 at 5:09 am ADT OTTAWA — Conservative senators are holding up the start of a long-awaited, legally required, special parliamentary committee that is supposed to review Canada’s assisted dying regime. The various parties in the House of Commons have chosen 10 MPs to sit on the committee, which is to examine whether medical assistance in dying should be expanded to include mature minors and advance requests, among other important issues. Four senators have been named to the committee by three of the four Senate groups. But they’re all waiting...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Carl Degurse Save to Read Later Some people will choose medically assisted death because they don’t have access to high-quality palliative care. (Jae C. Hong / The Associated Press files) MY friend George was told in 2018 he had a particularly brutal type of cancer that was incurable, making him eligible for Medical Assistance in Dying. He didn’t choose that option, though. Opinion MY friend George was told in 2018 he had a particularly brutal type of cancer that was incurable, making him eligible for Medical Assi...

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