A dissenting report by Conservatives on the 17-member committee of MPs and Senators suggested that continued expansions of MAID would be reckless, especially when it came to patients under the age of 18
Canada should expand assisted dying to include mature minors and patients with mental illnesses, and allow people with illnesses such as dementia to make advance requests for euthanasia, a parliamentary committee report tabled in the House of Commons recommended Wednesday.the availability of medical assistance in dying this widely, Canada would have the most liberal euthanasia law in the world.
In submissions that further revealed the complexity of the issue, Canadians shared their own personal stories about mental illness and suicide risk, about their grief for parents suffering helplessly through dementia, and about wanting control of their own fates when facing incurable illnesses. As the committee was meeting, there were a growing number of publicized cases of Canadians seeking MAID whose lives were complicated by poverty, and by a lack of housing and social supports.
Ottawa should develop clear standards with the provinces and territories for safely assessing young patients. The committee recommended that inmates who are dying, and who qualify for MAID, be able to receive assisted deaths outside prison. The report said this rarely happens today.
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