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The country is divided over a law that would allow patients suffering from mental health illnesses to apply for assisted death.

That move has divided Canadians, some of whom view it as a sign that the country’s public health care system is not offering adequate psychiatric care, which is notoriously underfunded and in high demand.

TORONTO — Canada already has one of the most liberal assisted death laws in the world, offering the practice to terminally and chronically ill Canadians. But under a law scheduled to take effect in March, assisted dying would also become accessible to people whose only medical condition is mental illness, making Canada one of about a half-dozen countries to permit the procedure for that category of people. That move has divided Canadians, some of whom view it as a sign that the country’s public

Canada is set to offer assisted suicide to Canadians with mental illnesses.

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