Sean Fraser: “My decision does not decide guilt or innocence, as that will rest with the courts.”

Advance requests would allow people at risk of losing their decision-making capacity to live out their remaining years, rather than being put in a position where they fear they have to take that decision prematurely.

Very real concerns about people who live in communities with inadequate access to mental-health services

Lack of consensus over when mental illness is irremediable

The government will move forward with the committee’s recommendation to exclude people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness from receiving MAID indefinitely