Ontario, Canada (CNA/EWTN News) — Canada's controversial assisted suicide measure had barely passed Parliament when national leaders discussed the possibility of expanding it to allow doctor-assisted death for minors and the mentally ill.
In February 2015, the Canadian Supreme Court had ruled that doctors may help patients who have severe and incurable suffering to kill themselves. It ordered Parliament to create a legislative response.
STATE HOUSE — As Boston officials seek to lower speed limits on their streets, one lawmaker cautioned Tuesday that the problem they are seeking to remedy could be a symptom of a broader "crisis" in transportation infrastructure.
The Boston City Council voted unanimously in April to lower speed limits on thickly settled or business district city streets from 30 miles per hour to 20, with the maximum speed in school zones dropping to 15. That proposal (H 4349), filed by Rep. Daniel Hunt of Dorchester as a home rule petition, is now before the Legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation.
