Tories, Doctors Raise Concerns Over Weakened Safeguards in New Assisted Dying Bill

Tories, Doctors Raise Concerns Over Weakened Safeguards in New Assisted Dying Bill
Conservative MP Michael Cooper rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Justina Wheale
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Conservatives and physicians are raising concerns about abandoning what they say are key safeguards in Bill C-7, the new assisted dying legislation.
Tory MPs and the doctors held a press conference Nov. 19 to highlight their concerns about the new medical assistance in dying (MAiD) legislation, including that the changes introduced aren’t getting enough scrutiny and that a chorus of voices that oppose the legislation are being ignored.