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.
