Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness

October 12, 2026

Canadian flag flying in Ottawa.

(BBC) – Canada says it will indefinitely suspend plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to people whose sole condition is mental illness, citing a lack of consensus on who would be eligible.

It comes after a parliamentary panel earlier this year recommended that medically assisted dying – known as Maid in Canada – should not be expanded. (Read More)