Lametti doesn’t rule out referring assisted-dying bill to Supreme Court

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The Justice Minister says the federal government is aware that Bill C-7 could well be challenged as a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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Testifying at the Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee today, Lametti said a reference to the top court “is always an option.”Lametti says the government is aware that Bill C-7 could well be challenged as a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms – both by those who think it doesn’t go far enough and by those who think it goes too far.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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I'm curious how many times the court needs to tell the government that MAID is a constitutionally protected thing for them to treat it as such.

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