MPs and senators to expedite legislation on right to die
Supreme Court's Feb. 6 deadline looms as government considers seeking extension to existing law
One of the first orders of government business will be to strike a special parliamentary committee to craft "quick and expedited" legislation on doctor-assisted death.
Government House leader Dominic LeBlanc, in an interview with CBC Radio's The House, said an "immediate objective" is to create a joint committee with members from the House of Commons and the Senate to prepare legislative recommendations for the government.
"My priority is to ensure that parliamentarians have an opportunity to do some quick and expedited work around possible legislation to fill the void that would be in place with the Supreme Court," LeBlanc told host Chris Hall in the interview that will air in its entirety Saturday.
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