OTTAWA, ON, October 7, 2026 - Inclusion Canada welcomes today’s announcement by Justice Minister Sean Fraser that medical assistance in dying (MAiD) will stay closed indefinitely to people whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness. Inclusion Canada strongly opposes the government’s plan to also permit advance requests, which would allow MAiD to be given to someone who cannot consent at the time. The first part of today’s announcement follows the June recommendation of...

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Inclusion Canada welcomes the recommendation to amend the Criminal Code to indefinitely exclude persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness from eligibility for MAiD. We urge the federal government to implement the recommendation without delay. Inclusion Canada believes the committee has reached the right conclusion. Our CEO Krista Carr was one of the witnesses who appeared before the Committee. Now, Track 2 of MAID must be repealed.