Again, the Truchon decision is a lower court decision. It was not appealed. We can disagree about the reasons that it was not appealed, but many people have criticized it for its not being appealed.
It's also important to emphasize that the Truchon decision was not about mental illness, and the court recognized that. There are discussions about mental illness and suicide, but I would also indicate that in the Truchon decision, for example, the court relied significantly on a declaration by the International Association for Suicide Prevention. That declaration, which made an artificial distinction between assisted dying and suicide, has since been withdrawn and has been replaced with an explicit expression of concern by that same organization with regard to the danger of expanding euthanasia and assisted dying legalization outside of the end-of-life context. Therefore, I would question the reliability of the Truchon decision when it comes to issues around mental illness.
