Opponents of expanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) are expressing alarm about a new report with 23 recommendations, including that assisted suicide be offered to “mature minors” if they are facing a natural death that is “reasonably foreseeable.”
Titled “Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Choices for Canadians,” the report was tabled Feb. 15 by the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying. The committee was formed in May 2021 as part of legislative requirements to review existing MAID law, and so far has held 36 meetings, listened to almost 150 witnesses, and received more than 350 briefs.
