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Health

Ottawa to indefinitely extend MAID exclusion for people solely suffering from mental illness

CBC Health · October 7, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

Ottawa to indefinitely extend MAID exclusion for people solely suffering from mental illness

The federal government will introduce legislation this fall that will indefinitely extend the ban on access to a medically assisted death for people who are solely suffering from mental illness, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said on Wednesday.

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