MAID Committee hearings exposed a deeper problem

Canada already lacks adequate safeguards and oversight for medical assistance in dying. Pausing the practice for mental illness should only be the start.

The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying meets on April 27. Canada urgently needs stronger safeguards, improved oversight, better monitoring of social and psychiatric vulnerabilities, writes Ramona Coelho.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RAMONA COELHO

May 20, 2026

As Canada seemingly moves to halt medical assistance in dying for mental illness as a sole underlyi...

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