A revised bill that expands access to medically assisted suicide was passed in the House of Commons on March 11. In order to force a vote before a March 26 deadline as well as force closure on debate, the Bloc Quebecois joined with the minority Liberal government to help pass the controversial bill. Bill C-7 will expand access of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to people suffering solely from mental illness, and also relaxes eligibility rules to give access to people who are not close to a natural death. Most Liberal and Bloc MPs supported the bill, while the Conservatives, New Democrats, and two of three Green MPs voted against it. The bill is intended to bring the law into compliance with a 2019 Quebec Superior Court ruling which struck down a provision that allows MAiD only for intolerably suffering individuals whose natural death is “reasonably foreseeable.” The March 11 …