Canada doesn’t need a shortcut to medically assisted dying for people with disabling conditions

It’s time for the government to hit pause on Bill C-7 and heed the cautions.

Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured in the House of Commons Chamber on July 20. If the government’s proposed amendments to the medical assistance in dying law are passed, no longer will MAID be limited to persons who are dying, write Michael Bach, Neil Belanger, and Catherine Frazee.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL BACH, NEIL BELANGER, AND CATHERINE FRAZEE

November 23, 2020

Parliament appears poised to rush through the Government of Canada’s proposed Bill C-7—amendments to the medical assistance in dying (MAID) legislation. Most sweeping among these is the introduction of a separate track that permits MAID to people with disabling conditions, other than mental heal...

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