Feds Agree to Allow Canadians With Mental Illness to Receive Assisted Death

Feds Agree to Allow Canadians With Mental Illness to Receive Assisted Death
Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises via video-link during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Jan. 26, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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The federal government has agreed with the amendment of a bill in the Senate that would allow Canadians suffering solely from mental illnesses to receive medical assistance in dying.

Last week, senators wrapped up debates on Bill C-7, proposing an 18-month time limit that will repeal a clause banning people whose sole medical condition is a mental illness to access medical assisted dying (MAiD).