# Canadian government proposes major changes to MAID law

https://mins.news/en/video/117974

- CBC News, 2026-10-27 19:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftNMEeP4Jlc

> The federal government has introduced legislation that would indefinitely bar people whose only condition is mental illness from qualifying for a medically assisted death. It would also let people submit an advance request before their health condition causes them to lose capacity to consent.

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