Banning assisted dying for mental disorders
C-218 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
Excludes mental disorders from the medical conditions that allow a person to receive medical assistance in dying.
What Bill C-218 would do
The bill would amend the Criminal Code to state that a mental disorder is not a medical condition that qualifies a person for medical assistance in dying. The published material gives no further detail.
Official summary
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that a mental disorder is not a grievous and irremediable medical condition for which a person could receive medical assistance in dying.
- Kind
- Private member's bill
- Sponsor
- Tamara Jansen, Member of Parliament (Cloverdale—Langley City)
- Introduced
- in the House of Commons
- Last activity
Where it stands
Voted down in the House of Commons October 7
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First reading in the House done
Before the House on 1 sitting day,
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Second reading in the House stopped here
Before the House on 3 sitting days, to · 1 debate here
2nd reading and referral to committee - JUST: negatived, 141–187 (division 177),
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Committee in the House not yet
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Report stage in the House not yet
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Third reading in the House not yet
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First reading in the Senate not yet
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Second reading in the Senate not yet
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Third reading in the Senate not yet
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Royal assent not yet
Exact procedural stages
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House
- First reading in the House: done, 2025-06-20
- Second reading in the House: stopped here
- Committee in the House: not yet reached
- Report stage in the House: not yet reached
- Third reading in the House: not yet reached
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Senate
- First reading in the Senate: not yet reached
- Second reading in the Senate: not yet reached
- Third reading in the Senate: not yet reached
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Royal assent
- Royal assent: not yet reached
Debates in the House 1
Members who spoke: Conservative 4 Liberal 1 Bloc Québécois 1
Second reading 1
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6 members spoke
- Luc Thériault Bloc Québécois A statement 1, graded AA+ statement 2, graded A+
- Michael Cooper Conservative A+ statement 1, graded A+
- Kevin Lamoureux Liberal A statement 1, graded AA statement 2, graded AA– statement 3, graded A–
- Jeremy Patzer Conservative A statement 1, graded A
- Arnold Viersen Conservative A statement 1, graded A
- Tamara Jansen Conservative A statement 1, graded A
Also raised in 17
Question Period, members' statements and other debates where the bill came up.