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Canada Limits Assisted Dying for Mental Disorders

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Summary

  • The bill amends the Criminal Code to state that a mental disorder is not a "grievous and irremediable" condition eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID).
  • Its preamble emphasizes prioritizing mental health supports and suicide prevention over access to MAID for those with mental disorders.
  • It includes coordinating provisions to ensure consistency with prior MAID legislation regardless of the order of coming-into-force.
  • The bill does not create new programs, funding, or delivery mechanisms for mental health care; it narrowly changes eligibility in criminal law.

Builder Assessment

Abstain

Principles Analysis

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Canada should aim to be the world's most prosperous country.

A criminal-law eligibility change for MAID has no direct link to national income or wealth creation.

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Promote economic freedom, ambition, and breaking from bureaucratic inertia (reduce red tape).

It affects personal medical eligibility, not economic freedom, entrepreneurship, or regulatory burdens.

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Drive national productivity and global competitiveness.

Any workforce or productivity effects are indirect and speculative; the bill adds no treatment capacity or reforms.

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Grow exports of Canadian products and resources.

No bearing on trade, export capacity, or market access.

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Encourage investment, innovation, and resource development.

Does not change investment incentives or support innovation; it is a narrow criminal-law change.

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Deliver better public services at lower cost (government efficiency).

Could shift service demand but provides no delivery reforms or efficiency measures; fiscal impact is unclear.

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Reform taxes to incentivize work, risk-taking, and innovation.

No tax changes.

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Focus on large-scale prosperity, not incrementalism.

Addresses a narrow ethical/legal issue rather than broad economic prosperity or structural reforms.

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C-218

PartyConservative
StatusOutside the Order of Precedence
Last updatedJun 20, 2025
TopicsHealthcare
Parliament45