The global capital for assisted death is considering including mental illness as a legitimate reason for ending one’s life, but its euthanasia laws are fiercely criticised by human rights advocates
Mitchell Tremblay ran through all the mental health problems he had been diagnosed with: PTSD, borderline and histrionic personality disorders, major depressive disorder and, most recently, generalised anxiety and bulimia.
When he learnt this year that Canada was planning to widen its assisted dying legislation to include chronic mental illness, he saw a way out.
