Canada's Liberal government introduced a bill on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, that would change the country's medical assistance in dying (MAID) regime, CTV News reports. The proposal was tabled in Ottawa and has drawn coverage from several Canadian outlets.
According to CTV News, the legislation would amend the existing MAID framework. CBC reports that the bill excludes people whose only underlying condition is mental illness, and The Globe and Mail describes the proposal as a ban on MAID for mental illness alone. Yahoo News Canada reports that the bill would allow people to receive assistance after they lose the capacity to decide. Global News has also published a breakdown of what the proposed law contains.
The bill arrives as part of an ongoing debate over how far Canada's assisted dying law should reach. The reporting indicates the government is seeking to set clearer boundaries around eligibility, particularly for applicants with mental illness, while addressing questions about consent in cases where a person's decision-making capacity may later decline.
The details above come from the outlets' coverage of the tabling; the source material does not include the bill's full text or the government's stated rationale.
What to watch next: how the bill is received in Parliament, where opposition and committee scrutiny will shape whether the proposed changes become law.