Committee to recommend Liberals indefinitely pause expanding MAID for mental illness: sources (opens original article in a new tab)

A Canadian parliamentary committee is set to recommend an indefinite pause on expanding medical assistance in dying (MAID) to include mental illness as a sole condition, following concerns about irremediability and access to mental health care.

• A special parliamentary committee is expected to recommend an indefinite pause on expanding MAID to include mental illness as a sole condition.
• The committee heard from 44 witnesses and received 32 briefs, many opposing MAID eligibility based on mental illness due to concerns about irremediability and mental health care access.
• Three senators on the committee are expected to issue a dissenting report, while some provinces like Alberta and Quebec have already taken steps to exclude MAID for mental illness.