Opponents of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) expansion are expressing alarm about a new report on MAID with 23 recommendations, including one that the federal government offer assisted suicide to “mature minors” if they face a natural death that is “reasonably foreseeable.”
The report, “Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Choices for Canadians,” was tabled Feb. 15 by the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying. The committee was formed in May 2021, as part of legislative requirements, to review existing MAID law, and held 36 meetings, listened to almost 150 witnesses, and received more than 350 briefs.
The Conservative caucus released a dissenting report as an appendix, which objects to many of the committee’s recommendations, including one suggesting mature minors should be eligible for physician-assisted death….