Majority of Canadians Have Concerns About Expanding Medically Assisted Dying: Poll

A majority of Canadians expressed concern that an expanded MAiD program would alter the standard of care and shift focus away from palliative care. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP

The majority of Canadians have concerns about the federal government’s expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD), a new poll suggests. 

Last month, the Liberals introduced new assisted dying legislation, Bill C-7, which removes the requirement for a person’s natural death to be “reasonably foreseeable” in order to be eligible for MAiD.