Help Canada MAID?

[jojobanana]

Hi! Can anyone tell me about MAID in Canada and how assisted suicide works there for mental health? Is it possible for someone who has immigrated from abroad like the UK to access?

 

[beetle]

MAID currently only helps people with chronic/terminal physical illnesses at the moment; they'll only see people with mental health issues starting in 2027, unfortunately.

 

[OhWellDerp321]

MAID currently only helps people with chronic/terminal physical illnesses at the moment; they'll only see people with mental health issues starting in 2027, unfortunately.

No. They said it was March 2024 before. Then they switched it to 2027. Its just gonna get delayed again

 

[beetle]

No. They said it was March 2024 before. Then they switched it to 2027. Its just gonna get delayed again

Yeah, I just didn't think it was necessary to include the March 2024 date since it ended up not happening anyways. I do hope they don't end up delaying it any further…

 

[jojobanana]

No. They said it was March 2024 before. Then they switched it to 2027. Its just gonna get delayed again

that really sucks! do you know why it was delayed?

 

[Jorms_McGander]

that really sucks! do you know why it was delayed?

IMHO it's because only one of the members [there's eight or ten I forget] on the board has lived experience with mental illness.

In addition to that, it's a pretty novel concept and Canada is being inundated by disinformation at a grassroots level so I assume some of that exists at higher levels of society as well.

There are also real and practical reasons why taking our time is important. Imagine the consequences of a shoddy application.

In 2027 we will hear another ruling from this council without enough lived experience with mental illness. Hopefully it's in the favour of right-to-die. To be honest, with the amount of disinformation, I'm not open to the idea of the Canadian healthcare system accepting suicide tourism. It's not my decision, of course. But if we get this right it will be by the skin of our teeth and I've already mentioned the disinformation... suicide tourism will give ammunition to people who care to meddle in others' lives.

edit: I mean, this post's existence at all speaks to the disinformation. We are discussing the practical application of human rights here and euthanasia is still "respectfully" hard to access-- as to whether or not that is respectful, as long as society leans the way it does, then respect remains where it is. Canada has a lot of religiously conservative history, just different from the USA. There is also a fair amount of social conservatism. You'd have to know us ;-)

 

[OhWellDerp321]

Yeah, I just didn't think it was necessary to include the March 2024 date since it ended up not happening anyways. I do hope they don't end up delaying it any further…

It won't be implimented. Nothing is stopping them from delaying it again in 2027. Its most likely not happening.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

They are delaying it to 2027 and it'll only be available to those eligible for healthcare services funded by the provincial/territorial governments or by the federal government. Basically, MAID isn't available to foreigners, only Canadians and permanent residents.

 

[007Bob]

Hi! Can anyone tell me about MAID in Canada and how assisted suicide works there for mental health? Is it possible for someone who has immigrated from abroad like the UK to access?

Here is my latest post on DYI MAiD and questions maybe you can help me with:

MEDICAL AID IN DYING - DDMP and DDMA - Challenged with DIY version - Your Help Needed

We would like DIY versions of DDMA/DDMP to work, as the last thing we want is for it to fail and wake up damaged from the attempt. So please share your knowledge and advice with us. Questions to the SS Community: —————————————————- #1] Overall problem: in the official MAiD protocol...

sanctioned-suicide.net

 

[TheUnkn0wn]

Maid for mental illness has been delayed like others have mentioned. I'm a firm believer now with the current state of Canada, that mental health illnesses will continue to be excluded from the program in the future. Depression is growing like a forest fire with our government milking our income with taxes and never ending price increases across the board (giving examples without getting to get political)