Current legislation …

on medical assistance in dying is now part of the Criminal Code, stating that a person is not guilty of a criminal offence if they provide or assist in assisted suicide, according to the conditions and safeguards of the law.

Carter v Canada case …

overturned legal ban on doctor-assisted suicide. The federal government was given 12 months to enact the necessary legislation to make doctor – assisted suicide legal.

Appeals Court …

overturns the Latimer sentence, replacing it with Life in prison. Requiring a minimum of 10 years to be served without parole. Latimer appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada.