OTTAWA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Canadian federal government ministers on Thursday introduced legislation to delay the assisted dying for persons suffering solely from mental illness for one year.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti, Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos, and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett tabled the bill to extend the temporary exclusion of eligibility for medical assistance in dying (MAID) where a person's sole medical condition is a mental illness until March 17, 2024.
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