Law Delaying Expansion of Assisted Dying Regime to March 2024 Passes

Law Delaying Expansion of Assisted Dying Regime to March 2024 Passes
A patient has his hand held at a hospital, in Minneapolis, May 3, 2021. The Canadian Press/David Joles-Star Tribune via AP
The Canadian Press
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A Liberal bill to delay the planned expansion of Canada’s medically assisted dying regime has passed third reading in the Senate.

The expansion, which was originally slated for March 17, would include people whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder.