An Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity)
Tabled by Francine Lalonde (BQ)
Private Member's Bill C-384 (first reading, May 13, 2009)
- Web page: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=3895681&file=4
- PDF document: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/content/hoc/Bills/402/Private/C-384/C-384_1/C-384_1.PDF
SUMMARY: "This enactment amends the Criminal Code to allow a medical practitioner, subject to certain conditions, to aid a person who is experiencing severe physical or mental pain without any prospect of relief or is suffering from a terminal illness to die with dignity once the person has expressed his or her free and informed consent to die."
A Proposal for Amending the Criminal Code
by Prof. Bernard M. Dickens
Another Proposal for Restructuring the Criminal Code
By Prof. Eike-Henner Kluge
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