Lake: BC ready with interim assisted dying regulation
KAMLOOPS — Provinces have been forced to take the lead in ensuring there are some rules around assisted dying in Canada.
A Supreme Court-imposed deadline will pass Monday without the federal government passing new legislation governing assisted death.
Here in BC, the province has moved to ensure there are rules in place before a federal regulation is passed.
Health Minister Terry Lake says the province has created a regulation ensuring physicians in BC follow a set of standards put in place by the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons.