Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
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| Government Minister Joseph Schow |
One of the Alberta initiatives will be a bill to regulate specific parts of the (MAiD) euthanasia law that apply to the oversight of the Alberta government.
Minister Schow stated in the press conference: begins at 7 minutes 27 seconds. (Link to the video)
We will protect vulnerable Albertans by regulating any medical assistance in dying performed in Alberta.
The federal government has rapidly expanded medical assistance in dying and even plans to make it available to those with mental health challenges as their sole underlying condition.
After opposition from Alberta and every other province this was paused until next year (March 17, 2027).
Our government is taking steps to protect vulnerable Albertans by prohibiting medical assistance in dying in Alberta for select groups including mature minors, individuals with a mental illness or disorder as their sole underlying condition, individuals making advance requests and adults without healthcare decision making capacity.
Other changes will increase oversight and regulate healthcare workers involved in referring, assessing or performing medical assistance in dying.
The press conference did not mention specifics concerning oversight and the regulation of healthcare workers, but Canadian provinces have the power to regulate (MAiD) within their jurisdiction.
Canada's federal government legalized euthanasia in June 2016 (Bill C-14) by creating an exception in the Criminal Code for homicide. The federal government further expanded the law in March 2021 (Bill C-7) by removing the requirement that a person's natural death be reasonably foreseeable by creating a two tier law
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