Discussion · Oral Questions
Sean Fraser Liberal
“Right now, people cannot get medically assisted dying only for mental illness. That ban ends next March. Before then, our government will pass a law to keep that ban in place indefinitely.”
“Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her work to advance an important conversation when it comes to mental illness as the sole underlying mental condition that would justify medical assistance in dying in this country. This is a serious conversation. However, I would like to point out one inaccuracy in her question that is very important. Today, there is no access to medical assistance in dying because it is excluded in the Criminal Code. Before that exclusion expires in March next year, we will advance and adopt legislation to, in an indeterminate way, continue the exclusion of access to medical assistance in dying when it comes to mental illness as the sole condition that would justify its use.”
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her work to advance an important conversation when it comes to mental illness as the sole underlying mental condition that would justify medical assistance in dying in this country. This is a serious conversation. However, I would like to point out one inaccuracy in her question that is very important. Today, there is no access to medical assistance in dying because it is excluded in the Criminal Code. Before that exclusion expires in March next year, we will advance and adopt legislation to, in an indeterminate way, continue the exclusion of access to medical assistance in dying when it comes to mental illness as the sole condition that would justify its use.