Well, certainly the special committee that studied the Carter decision did recommend that you needed to have palliative care in order to have a choice. I can't speculate, but Bill C-14 was a criminal bill, so it may be that the government preferred not to muddy the waters and put health things into the criminal bill. That's why this bill is such a great idea for the government. It will be able to do palliative care, which was clearly a recommended outcome from the special committee.
On March 7th, 2017. See this statement in context.