# Justice and health ministers hold news conference on MAID legislation

https://mins.news/en/video/117726

- CBC News, 2026-10-27 16:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3j2xO8aCK0

> Justice Minister Sean Fraser and Health Minister Marjorie Michel answered questions about newly tabled government legislation that would make people suffering solely from mental illness ineligible for medically assisted death.

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