Wednesday's announcement means that Canadians with mental illness as their sole condition will not be able to access assisted dying by March 2027 as previously planned. The government will instead introduce a new law in the coming weeks that suspends that expansion indefinitely, Fraser said.
Polls suggest the majority of Canadians support access to medically assisted death but that support falls when it comes to patients with mental illness alone.
Polls suggest the majority of Canadians support access to medically assisted death but that support falls when it comes to patients with mental illness alone.
