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Canada should 'indefinitely' exclude people with mental illness from assisted dying, report says

A parliamentary committee in Canada recommended that people with mental illness should be indefinitely excluded from assisted dying eligibility. This recommendation comes amid an ongoing debate about expanding medical assistance in dying, which the government has already delayed twice. Canada’s government must respond to the report by July 11.

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