The Globe and Mail Oct 09
OpinionRefusing MAID for mental disorders will come at a terrible cost:
The government’s intention to bar those requests sends a message to mentally ill Canadians that ...
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Key FactsCanada Indefinitely Suspends Planned Mental-Illness Assisted Dying Expansion
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- The government plans to introduce legislation in coming weeks that would suspend the expansion indefinitely.
- The bill would also allow advance consent for patients with progressing incurable illnesses, while provinces would have the final say.
- A federal court case challenging the earlier delay remains active; Fraser does not rule out future Supreme Court consideration.
- A parliamentary committee previously recommended indefinite exclusion, but some members issued a dissenting report.
while there is not a perfect consensus on this issue, we believe this is the correct approach at this particular time— Sean Fraser, Canada's justice minister, announced the decision to pause the expansion of medically assisted dying to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of consensus on eligibility.
The Globe and Mail Sep 03
Ontario court denies Toronto woman with bipolar disorder emergency access to MAID
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Canadians with mental illness who saw MAID as an option feel abandoned: 'They've left me with nothing'
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The Globe and Mail May 26
Disability, mental health organizations urge Ottawa to permanently halt MAID for mental illness
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OpinionOttawa needs to stop saying it’s not ready for the expansion of MAID, and actually get ready
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