Quebec has taken steps to expand access to MAID, including via so-called “advance requests” allowing some residents to get pre-approval for assisted dying, but Alberta has signalled that restrictions are coming. He also said the bill would preemptively ban advance requests for MAID such as those used in Quebec. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementSchow said the federal government’s failure to build appropriate safeguards into its near-decade old MAID program has forced the province to act. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementQuebec’s Superior Court ruled three years later that the “reasonably foreseeable” criteria violated Charter-protected rights, leading to a 2021 rewrite of the federal MAID bill substantially expanding eligibility. The federal government has not made corresponding changes to the Criminal Code to legalize advance requests for MAID, but says it won’t challenge the Quebec law.

Source: National Post March 02, 2026 09:43 UTC