The Liberal government introduced legislation Thursday that will delay the expansion of assisted dying to include those suffering solely from mental illness to 2027.
Health Minister Mark Holland introduced the legislation and Justice Minister Arif Virani told reporters that the delay was needed until Canada’s health-care system is ready to implement the expansion.
This is the second time the government has sought to delay the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) since the Superior Court of Quebec struck down the government’s original 2016 legislation because it was limited to those whose deaths were “reasonably foreseeable.”
New legislation passed in 2021 delayed by two years
