Jitender Sareen at the Medical Assistance in Dying Committee

April 27th, 2026 / 9:35 p.m.

Head of Psychiatry and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, As an Individual

I've reviewed the CPA MAID guidance document. On the front page, it says it has not been peer-reviewed. I'll stop there.

I will add that the CPA says on their website that they don't have a position on MAID. You've heard testimony from a number of people saying that there's no international definition around irremediability and differentiating MAID from suicide. That guidance document is not peer-reviewed. It's from a small group of people.

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