Overview
- Claire Elyse Brosseau filed an emergency motion in Ontario Superior Court on Monday to seek a medically assisted death for suffering caused only by mental illness.
- Brosseau is asking for a constitutional exemption to bypass the current bar, and Dying With Dignity says two clinicians have already found her eligible under MAID rules.
- A special joint parliamentary committee finished its final hearing Tuesday after hearing Dutch psychiatrists warn about risks, with a report due by October 2.
- The Globe and Mail reports, citing unnamed sources, that the federal government is ready to table a bill to pause any expansion if the committee recommends a delay.
- Canada’s law excludes people whose sole condition is a mental illness until March 2027, and groups such as CAMH and the heads of psychiatry at medical schools say there is no agreed way to judge when such illnesses are incurable.