Supreme Court [Canada] Preparing Landmark Ruling on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

January 7, 2015

(National Post) – After a hearing in October, the Supreme Court of Canada is preparing to issue a landmark ruling on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, marking the first time the top court has addressed the issue since 1993, when it upheld the criminal ban in the case of Sue Rodriguez. No date has been set for the decision, but the court has asked intervenors for their consent to a media preview, a routine practice for such high profile cases, by Monday.