2026-03-04 from ctvnews.ca
One in 20 Canadians who died in 2023 chose themselves when they would go.
Assisted dying has been legal since 2016 for people at the end of life. The right was extended to those suffering from serious and incurable illness in 2021, even if death was not “reasonably foreseeable.”
While Britain and France are considering similar measures, Canada is preparing to go even further.
A parliamentary committee is set to start work next month on whether assisted dying should be extended to those suffering exclusively from mental illness.
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