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  • Sylvie

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    November 8, 2021 at 2:02 pm

    Here’s where Canada stands on “assisted suicide”: (from the Govt. of Canada website)

    About mental illness and MAID
    If a mental illness is the only medical condition leading you to consider MAID, you are not eligible to seek MAID at this time. Under the new changes made to the law, the exclusion will remain in effect until March 17, 2023.

    This temporary exclusion provides the Government of Canada and health professional bodies more time to consider how MAID can be provided safely to those whose only medical condition is a mental illness.

    To support this work, the government will initiate an expert review to consider protocols, guidance and safeguards for those with a mental illness seeking MAID, and will make recommendations within a year (by March 17, 2022).

    After March 17, 2023, people with a mental illness as their sole underlying medical condition will have access to MAID if they meet all of the eligibility requirements and the practitioners fulfill the safeguards that are put in place for this group of people.

    If you have a mental illness along with other medical conditions, you may be eligible to seek MAID.

    Eligibility is always assessed on an individual basis, taking into account all of the relevant circumstances. However, you must meet all the criteria to be eligible for medical assistance in dying.