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For immediate release from the Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) CanadaDecember 17, 2015RESULTS OF FEDERAL PANEL'S CONSULTATIONS ON ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA REMAIN HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC Does the federal panel’s report offer a more balanced approach than the radical and disturbing recommendations of the provincial-territorial report? Ottawa - The final report of a non-partisan panel's consultations on the politically charged issue of assisted suicide and euthanasia remains inaccessible to the general public days after being delivered to federal ministers. Earlier this week the External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada delivered their report to the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and to the Honourable Dr. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health. In a joint statement the ministers promised to make the report available in the coming weeks. However, the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying made its report and recommendations public on Monday, December 14. By releasing the provincial report before the federal report, the public debate is shaped by the radical nature of the provincial report.