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Originally Posted by MarchHare
My prediction is The Harper Government will treat this exactly the same as they did with their prostitution bill from last year: that is, essentially ignore the Supreme Court ruling and table a new law that doesn't address the issues the SC told them to fix. I wouldn't expect anything to change on this issue until either this government is replaced or Harper's new, as-yet-unwritten law is also struck down by the SC.
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Agreed.
They'll likely honour the decision to strike down the prohibition on doctors providing life ending treatments, and instead make it illegal for people to solicit, or aid and abet the solicitation of, life ending treatments.