Parliamentary committee recommends against MAID expansion for mental illness | Unpublished
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Publication Date: June 16, 2026 - 21:01

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Parliamentary committee recommends against MAID expansion for mental illness

June 16, 2026

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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