Many indigenous leaders have spoken about how past systems imposed outside values and decisions onto their community, often without fully respecting those cultural frameworks around life, responsibility and care. When we look at MAID, it's built largely around individual autonomy and personal choice, but that's not how many indigenous communities understand decision-making. It's often relational and tied to family, community and future generations.
Do you see a risk that expanding MAID, especially for mental illness, could reflect a similar pattern of imposing an individualistic framework onto indigenous communities?
