Ms. Myriam Wills (Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice) at the Medical Assistance in Dying Committee

I'll start off by stating the obvious. There are very diverging views on this topic. No court has ruled on whether or not the charter requires MAID for mental illness. If we look at the charter statements in former Bill C-7 and former Bill C-39, they set out the charter considerations supporting the charter consistency of both prohibiting MAID for mental illness and permitting MAID for mental illness.