People who experience mental illness do not need our help to die—they need our support to live

Social determinants shape a person’s likelihood of acquiring a mental illness, accessing treatment, and the chance that treatment it will be successful.

People with disabilities are now legally dying by suicide in Canada with assistance from MAID providers, and this will become far more common with the availability of MAID for mental illness, writes Moira Wilson.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY MOIRA WILSON

January 11, 2024

On March 17, 2024, individuals in Canada whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness will become eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) unless the federal government decides not to go forward as planned.

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