# Why is Canada halting MAID expansion for mental illness?

https://mins.news/en/video/90547

- CBC News, 2026-10-07 23:23 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koiL6ZqhSCs

> Canada is stopping plans to extend medical assistance in dying to people whose sole condition is mental illness. CBC’s Kate McKenna reports on the latest, while two members of the Special Joint Committee on MAID discuss the move: Liberal MP James Maloney supports it, and Alberta Sen. Kristopher Wells says it runs against Canadians’ wishes.

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