Legislative Background: Bill C-7: Government of Canada’s Legislative Response to the Superior Court of Québec Truchon Decision

Annex B – List of Amended Safeguards

First Set of Safeguards: Natural Death is Reasonably Foreseeable

As a result of these proposed Criminal Code amendments, the following set of safeguards would apply to persons whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable (amended subsection 241.2(3) of the Criminal Code):

Second Set of Safeguards: Natural Death is Not Reasonably Foreseeable

As a result of these proposed Criminal Code amendments, the following set of safeguards would apply to persons whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable (proposed subsection 241.2(3.1) of the Criminal Code):