The Liberal government unveiled legislation yesterday to move forward with physician assisted suicide for Canadians with a serious and incurable illness.

The legislation is the long-awaited response to the Supreme Court's ruling last year that the ban on doctor-assisted suicide violates the right to life, liberty and security of the person.

Conservative MP for Cypress Hills Grasslands David Anderson said that he thinks the safeguards in the bill aren't enough.

"I didn't support with the Supreme Court's decision in the first place. The reality is that the government report was very radical - they were talking about allowing this for minors, advance directors so people could sign for months or years ahead of time. They're not provisions of the bill but they're going to be studying them later."

The new law does not apply to mature minors, people who only suffer from mental illnesses and those who want an advance directive to grant them access to medically assisted death should a situation arise.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says those issues require further study.

The Canadian Nurses Association is pleased that legislation  and says nurse practitioners and not just doctors will be allowed to provide medically assisted death to eligible patients.

Parliament has until June 6th to table, debate and pass the new legislation-- a timeline Anderson doesn't think is feasible.