(Author’s Note: I’m posting this one on my own, partially because my editor is enjoying 3 weeks in Bali, and I would never bug her. The other reason is I forgot to pay her. I have to beg forgiveness. I’m getting worse every day I get older, one more thing I forgot to do.
So please forgive my short-term screwups, typos and run on sentences)
MAID in Canada is not an option for those of us chronically depressed. Not a chance in hell of using that as a solution to mental misery. That is MAID is not an option if mental illness is the only thing that’s destroying your quality of life. I always believed that being clinically and chronically depressed leads to other health issues, as your mind is so focused on being down it forgets the rest of the body. So maybe it’s a moot point.
Parliament recently came back into session this month, and one of the first decisions from the Liberal government was not to expand and extend MAID to those that are suffering from mental health issues only. It was stated to be on an “indefinite hold”.