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OTTAWA Justin Trudeaus Liberals want the outlines of a new law governing doctor-assisted dying to be clear by mid-summer before Canadians head to the polls in October.

Theyll try to get the ball rolling Tuesday, introducing a motion that calls for the creation of a special parliamentary committee to consult experts and Canadians on the potentially explosive issue.

They want the committee up and running by March 11 and they want it to report back to the House of Commons by July 31 with a proposed legislative framework.

The Liberal motion follows a landmark ruling earlier this month by the Supreme Court of Canada, which struck down the ban on physician-assisted suicide.

The top court gave Parliament 12 months to draft new legislation that recognizes the right of clearly consenting adults who are enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to seek medical help to end their lives.

The Harper government appears to be in no rush; Justice Minister Peter MacKay has said the government will take its time to thoroughly study the details of the court ruling and look at how other jurisdictions, including Quebec, have dealt with the issue.

The governments response has sparked speculation that the ruling Conservatives would rather not open debate on the issue, which could expose divisions among their ranks, before the election.

However, the Liberal motion notes theres not actually much time left to deal with the matter before the court-imposed deadline, pointing to the summer parliamentary break and the fall election.

Parliament is scheduled to sit for just 12 more weeks before taking a 13-week break starting June 24. The campaign for the federal election, slated for Oct. 19, will start in mid-September, before the planned resumption of Parliament.

It is thus conceivable that MPs might not get back to work before November or even December, leaving only two or three months to produce a new law on physician-assisted death.

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Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of questions The Next Mayor is asking and answering of the current candidates' campaigns. Monday: Lynne Abraham's campaign. Tuesday: Nelson Diaz's campaign. Wednesday: Doug Oliver's campaign. Thursday: Anthony Hardy Williams' campaign.

Question 5: Can Jim Kenney win the support of Philadelphia's liberals?

The candidate and his aides say he can and will. And getting a big slice of the liberal vote would give him a big boost in his numbers, along with his expected strong support among South Philadelphia Democrats.

It's South Philly that has served as his base since he first ran for Council-at-Large.

In this city, the word "liberals" is really shorthand for white voters, most of whom live in Center City and environs you could also include as annexes: University City's 27th Ward and the Ninth Ward in Chestnut Hill.

That's not to say that all of the city's liberals who are white live in these wards, but this is where they are concentrated -- these seven wards have about 67,000 active Democratic voters.

Right now, these wards don't have a favored candidate, and Kenney can make a decent claim that he will emerge as their choice, simply by process of elimination.

The question is: Which Jim Kenney?

Is it Kenney the progressive, who has championed gay rights and the cause of immigrants?

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