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

June 17, 2026

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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