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Canada extends exclusion of mental illness from assisted dying

Original: maid canada mental illness

Ottawa has announced it will indefinitely delay allowing medical assistance in dying for people whose sole medical condition is a mental illness. The exclusion was originally set to lift in March 2027, but the federal government says it will not proceed, keeping MAID unavailable for mental illness alone for the foreseeable future. The move follows years of debate among psychiatrists, disability advocates and provincial governments over whether the health system is ready to assess such requests, and it is drawing strong reactions from both supporters and critics.

Why now: The federal government just announced an indefinite extension, a major shift in Canada's assisted-dying policy that reignited debate over mental illness and MAID.

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Evidence

• Drawing a line · iPolitics
• Ottawa to indefinitely extend MAID exclusion for people solely suffering from mental illness · CBC

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