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

Canada has indefinitely suspended plans to expand its medically assisted dying law to individuals whose sole underlying condition is mental illness. The policy, which had been slated to make people with mental illness alone eligible for assisted dying by March 2027, was put on hold due to a reported lack of consensus regarding eligibility.

The decision follows a recommendation issued earlier this year by a parliamentary panel regarding the expansion of the country's assisted dying framework.