MP Tamara Jansen introduced Bill C-218 An Act to amend the

Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) on June 20th, 2025.

Bill C-218 ensures that MAiD remains unavailable when mental illness is an individual's sole underlying medical condition so that treatment and recovery can be prioritized. It recognizes the importance of Canadians to be able to recover from mental illness and ensures help can be offered, not harm.

Sign the petition below to show your support for Bill C-218:

Whereas:

• The Government of Canada intends to expand medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to individuals whose only medical condition is a mental illness;
• Mental illness is treatable, recovery is possible, and experts agree it is currently impossible to predict when a mental illness is truly irremediable;
• Expanding MAiD in this way risks suggesting that some lives are beyond saving, while many Canadians still struggle to access timely and effective mental health care;
• Public concern is high, with many Canadians believing that treatment options should come before MAiD and fearing that vulnerable individuals may seek MAiD due to lack of care;
• Families and communities are concerned that people who could recover through treatment and support may instead lose their lives;
• Bill C-218, the Right to Recover Act, would amend the Criminal Code to ensure that mental illness alone is not considered a grievous and irremediable condition for the purposes of MAiD;

Therefore, we, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:

1. Pass Bill C-218 to stop the expansion of MAiD to those whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness