Medically-assisted Dying

A parliamentary committee has made 23 recommendations to improve Canada’s assisted-dying regime. Members of the committee held 36 meetings, heard from nearly 150 witnesses and reviewed more than 350 briefs on the medically assisted…

Canadians are generally supportive of the country’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law, a new poll suggests — but that support drops significantly when asked about a controversial expansion for mental health disorders. The results…

The Liberal government is expected to introduce a law Thursday to delay the extension of eligibility for medically assisted dying to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder. Justice Minister David Lametti has said the delay…

The federal government is expected to introduce a law as early as Thursday to delay the extension of medically assisted dying eligibility to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder. Justice Minister David Lametti…

“Hello, you’ve reached the provincial health services authority telephone line for medical assistance in dying…”This is the automated recording Joannie Cowie got when she called the government to see if she would be eligible for medical…