# Ottawa to indefinitely extend exclusion of people with mental illness from MAID

https://mins.news/en/item/90056

- CBC News, 2026-10-07 16:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-maid-exclusion-9.7372732?cmp=rss

> Justice Minister Sean Fraser said Wednesday that the federal government will introduce legislation this fall to indefinitely extend the ban on medically assisted death for people whose only condition is a mental illness.

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