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- Justice Minister Sean Fraser said legislation will permit advance consent for MAID where provinces allow it.
- The federal government announced it will not expand MAID to people whose sole suffering is mental illness.
- Quebec allowed advance MAID requests in 2024 for people at risk of losing capacity, like Alzheimer’s.
- Former Quebec premier Philippe Couillard called the 2014 MAID law a democratic milestone but said the expansion moved too quickly.