Well being Minister Mark Holland says the nation is just not able to develop eligibility for assisted demise to folks whose solely medical situation is a psychological sickness.
He says the Liberal authorities agrees that extra time is required and agrees with the conclusion of a joint parliamentary committee report launched in the present day.
The committee’s remaining report, tabled simply moments earlier than Holland and Justice Minister Arif Virani appeared on Parliament Hill, says elementary points across the enlargement haven’t been resolved.
MPs and senators on the committee say it might be “reckless and harmful” for the Liberal authorities to permit the scheduled change to happen in March.
Virani says the federal government could be very conscious of that coming deadline and could have a plan in place.
Laws is required to alter the timeline, and the Liberals already legislated a one-year delay final yr, saying on the time that medical suppliers and provinces wanted extra time to organize.
