The Trudeau government has agreed with the amendment of a bill in the Senate that would allow Canadians suffering solely from mental illnesses to receive medical assistance in dying. Last week, senators wrapped up debates on Bill C-7, proposing an 18-month time limit that will repeal a clause banning people whose sole medical condition is a mental illness to access medical assisted dying (MAiD). The Liberal government has proposed to extend the interlude to two years. Bill C-7 aims to expand access to assisted dying to people experiencing intolerable suffering and who are not close to their natural death, which would bend the law into compliance with a 2019 Quebec Superior Court ruling that argued the exclusion of those with mental illnesses to be unconstitutional. Justice Minister David Lametti said he believes the exclusion is constitutional and he “does not believe we are entirely ready” to safely provide assisted dying …