Sean Fraser: “They deserve an opportunity to make meaningful suggestions on how the bill can be strengthened.”

While there is not a perfect consensus on this issue, we believe this is the correct approach at this particular time

These are not easy decisions but we believe they will be the correct ones

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

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.