Government to exclude people who suffer solely from mental illness from access to MAID

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How it spread - 7 original reports

1. Wed, 7 October 2026

   5 reports
   • niagarafallsreview.ca16:10first to reportedited after publishing
     Government to exclude people who suffer solely from mental illness from access to MAID

     previouslyLiberals to outline plans on assisted dying ahead of mental illness expansion

     OTTAWA - The federal government will not allow people suffering solely from a mental illness to access medical assistance in dying, but it does plan to decriminalize advance requests for

   • BBC News World16:14
     Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness

     People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.

   • NYT World18:36
     Canada Halts Plan to Allow Medically Assisted Death for the Mentally Ill

     People who have mental illness alone will not qualify for assisted death, but patients who have other conditions and expect to have a cognitive decline can make an advanced request.

   • South China Morning Post18:57
     Canada will not allow assisted suicide for those with only mental illness

     Canada will not allow medically assisted suicide for people whose only condition is mental illness, the justice minister said on Wednesday, seeking to close debate on one of the country’s most controversial healthcare issues. Canada legalised assisted dying for those at the end of life in 2016. The right was extended to those suffering from serious and incurable illnesses in 2021, even if death was not “reasonably foreseeable”. Initially, Canada was to allow assisted death regardless of...

   • The Guardian World19:00
     Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia

     Legislation is an effort by ruling Liberals to address growing clash over who has access to doctor-assisted death Canada ’s federal government said on Wednesday it would advance legislation to prevent people whose sole health condition is mental illness from accessing euthanasia, an effort by the ruling Liberal party to address a clash in the country over who has access to physician-assisted death. Under the current rules, people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness have...

2. Thu, 8 October 2026

   1 report
   • peacearchnews.com20:00
     Cloverdale-Langley City MP’s MAiD Bill defeated in vote

     Conservative MP Tamara Jansen’s private member’s bill voted down by Liberals

3. Wed, 14 October 2026

   1 report
   • lifenews.com20:48
     Canadian “Death Doctor” Wants to Euthanize Mentally Ill People

     Jean Marmoreo, who is a family physician who practised in downtown Toronto for 45 years and became one of Canada’s first euthanasia doctors in 2016, wrote an opinion article that was published in the Globe and Mail on October 9, 2026 supporting euthanasia for mental illness, as a sole criteria. Marmoreo’s article fits the general […]