Joint House-Senate committee considers if Canada is ready for MAID for mental illness: ‘it’s a very complicated issue’

A committee of 15 MPs and Senators is considering whether eligibility for medical assistance in dying should be expanded. Their work has been subject to criticism from some—including Senators—that most of the testimony has come from those opposed to the move.

The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying meets in West Block on April 27, 2026. The committee of 15 MPs and Senators has convened weekly since late March for two- to three-and-a-half hour meetings to hear testimony about whether MAID should be available to those whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY TESSIE SANCI

May 4, 2026

Since late March, 15 MPs and Senators have spent their evenings in a basement-level meeting room in the West Block listening to testimony about whether Canada should—after two delays—move forward to allow medical assistance in dying for those whose sole underlying condit...

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