Wed May 18, 2022 – 10:04 am EDT
(Alex Schadenburg) – The Final Report of the Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness was submitted to Canada’s Minister of Health, Jean-Yves Duclos and Justice Minsiter, David Lametti on May 6, 2022. Similar to previous “expert” reports the Expert Panel offers recommendations but few clear guidelines.
Canada legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide under the term Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) when the government passed Bill C-14 in June 2016. Previous to that, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down protections in Canadian law that prohibited euthanasia and assisted suicide in its Carter decision, and euthanasia became legal in Québec in December 2015 with the implementation of Bill 52.
In March 2021, the Canadian government passed Bill C-7 which expanded the MAiD law by permitting euthanasia for people who are not dying, eliminating the 10 day waiting period for people who are terminally ill, and by permitting euthanasia for incompetent people who were previously approved for MAiD. At the last minute, Bill C-7 was amended to permit euthanasia for people with mental illness.
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When passing Bill C-7 the government acknowledged
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