Committee recommends against MAID expansion for mental illness
17-06-2026 03:01 via cbc.ca

Committee recommends against MAID expansion for mental illness

A special parliamentary committee will recommend that the federal government indefinitely pause the expansion of medical assistance in dying for people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness, CBC News has confirmed.
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