Bill C-14 : Projet de loi C-14 : Loi modifiant le Code criminel et apportant des modifications connexes à d'autres lois (aide médicale à mourir)

After the federal election in October, the External Panel’s deadline to report was extended by the federal Minister of Justice and the federal Minister of Health on the grounds of “limitations posed by the … election period,”20. [...] New section 241.3 makes it an offence for a physician or NP to fail to comply with the safeguards in new sections 241.2(3)(b) to 241.2(3)(h) outlined above and to fail to inform the pharmacist of the intended purpose of the substance as outlined in new section 241.2(8). [...] The committee is to provide a report to the house or houses of Parliament of which it is a committee and to include a statement setting out any changes to the legislation that it recommends. [...] It has been argued that restricting access to MAID to terminally ill individuals would be contrary to the Carter decision.39 Some MPs and other stakeholders have suggested that, to avoid future potential Charter challenges, the government refer the bill to the Supreme Court of Canada for a determination as to whether the bill complies with the Charter.40 LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT 13 PUBLICATION NO.