{"id":7939,"date":"2015-04-27T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T22:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2018-03-07T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:01:16","slug":"dont-expect-law-on-doctor-assisted-suicide-before-election-mackay-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7939","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t expect law on doctor-assisted suicide before election, MacKay says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Globe and Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Mike Blanchfield and Joan Bryden<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>The federal government will not introduce new legislation to govern doctor-assisted dying before the expected October federal election, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, said Mr. MacKay, the government will soon reveal details of its long-promised public consultations on the emotionally charged issue, noting that Justice department officials are working behind the scenes to frame the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process will be announced in terms of the consultation,\u201d Mr. MacKay told The Canadian Press in an interview Monday. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/dont-expect-law-on-doctor-assisted-suicide-before-election-mackay-says\/article24147566\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Globe and Mail Mike Blanchfield and Joan Bryden OTTAWA\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Canadian Press The federal government will not introduce new legislation to govern doctor-assisted dying before the expected October federal election, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Monday. Rather, said Mr. MacKay, the government will soon reveal details of its long-promised public consultations on the emotionally charged issue, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7939\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don\u2019t expect law on doctor-assisted suicide before election, MacKay says&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,32,162,9],"tags":[101,1601,3152],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news","tag-carter-v-canada","tag-peter-mackay","tag-stephen-harper"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Don\u2019t expect law on doctor-assisted suicide before election, MacKay says - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7939\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t expect law on doctor-assisted suicide before election, MacKay says - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Globe and Mail Mike Blanchfield and Joan Bryden OTTAWA\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Canadian Press The federal government will not introduce new legislation to govern doctor-assisted dying before the expected October federal election, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said Monday. 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