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Canada 17 Jun 2026

Canadian government should 'indefinitely exclude' people with mental illness from MAID, committee recommends

A special parliamentary committee is recommending that the federal government "indefinitely exclude" people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness from applying for medical assistance in dying (MAID).

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A special parliamentary committee is recommending that the federal government "indefinitely exclude" people whose sole underlying condition is. A mental illness from applying for medical assistance in dying (MAID). In a report tabled in the House of Commons Wednesday, the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in. Dying (AMAD) recommended that the government "amend the Criminal Code" to add this exclusion. The 88-page report. which comes on the 10-year anniversary of MAID being legalized in Canada. reviews whether the. Country is ready from a clinical, health systems and regulatory perspective based on expert testimony. The numbers behind assisted dying in the Netherlands The report says that a common theme across testimony was. The "pressing need for increased and more equitable access to adequate mental health services." In their conclusion, the.

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