Advocates on both sides of the issue are preparing for a fight in the new year over broadened access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) and whether it would pose risks to Canadians with disabilities.

In March 2021, Parliament passed Bill C-7. The law made a number of changes to Canada’s MAID law, passed in 2016 — the most notable being the repeal of the stipulation that an individual’s death has to be “reasonably foreseeable” to qualify for medical assistance.

Helen Long is CEO of Dying with Dignity Canada, a national organization advocating for MAID rights. She said the law gave a new group of people the right to end