Evidence lacking to support inclusion of mental illness in assisted-dying framework

If we want to provide MAID to people with life-suffering illnesses who might get better, we should have that honest debate, and the framework should reflect that.

Justice Minister David Lametti successfully petitioned the court for a fourth extension to amend Canada's assisted-dying laws to broaden access to those whose deaths are not 'reasonably foreseeable.' It has until March 26 to reconcile the law with the court's ruling.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Dr. K. Sonu Gaind

March 1, 2021

The U.S. Senate recently acquitted the former president despite a preponderance of evidence implicating him in the incitement of the Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6 that left five dead, highlighting the victory of expediency over evidence. In similar fashion, our own Sena...

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