Medical Assistance In Dying

The CRC's Synod 2025 condemned Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). The CRC in Canada has been following legislation on MAiD since 2016. A key change came in 2021, when the "reasonably foreseeable death" requirement was removed, expanding MAID eligibility, and in 2026 when the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee recommended an indefinite pause and permanent exclusion of mental illness as a sole qualifying condition. However, because Parliament has not yet voted on this recommendation, the legal deadline to expand MAID to include mental illness on March 17, 2027, remains in place unless lawmakers take legislative action.

Ongoing advocacy focuses on protecting healthcare workers' conscience rights, prioritizing accessible, comprehensive palliative care and mental health services as true responses to suffering.

Read our latest updates here.

Do you want to advocate to your elected officials on MAiD? Use this workshop.

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Cardus

Detailed policy briefs on proposed legislation.

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

Advocacy, prayer, and printable options.

Worship

Prayer

A prayer for physician conscience rights.

Prayer

A brief prayer on the topic of MAID that can be incorporated into your service.

Prayer

A brief prayer on the topic of MAID.

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CRC Banner: What is the CRC Stance and Christian View of MAID (Medically Assisted Induced Dying)?

How can we support loved ones who are asking about this and making these decisions?

CRC Banner: Synod 2025 ‘Deplores’ Assisted Suicide, Affirms God’s Gift of Life

Synod 2025 unanimously voted to approve the recommendations of the Assisted Suicide Task Force

CRC Banner: Silence is Not An Option

(Bill) C-7 may well be a legal reality but it remains possible to encourage and support measures that prevent the need for assisted death.

Ontario Healthcare Workers Need Conscience Protection

Dr. Stephen Vander Klippe explains the importance of conscience rights for physicians.

After Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill, Canadian Evangelicals Reassess

Christianity Today: what to do now that this legislation has passed.

Interview with a Chaplain

We spoke with chaplain Tim De Jonge about his experience on the front lines of this issue.

Physician-Assisted Suicide

Disability Concerns Director Mark Stephenson addresses this topic in this blog.

Venturing into the Shallow End

Read this blog that details the history of this legislation in Canada and the concerns of advocates.

Chaplains Discuss Medical Assistance in Dying

Resources and suggestions from chaplains for engaging with this topic.

Dig Deeper

In the 2025 Agenda for Synod there is a report from the Assisted Suicide Task Force starting on page 281.   

Sign On Letter February 2023 - Christian leaders affirm duty to care and resolve to mobilize communities

Following Synod's decision in 2025: Letter to Minister of Health - June 2025

An advocacy brief summarizes the policy issue at hand and offers specific stances and recommendations for creating good policy.  The Centre for Public Dialogue issued a brief in 2016 in response to proposed physician assisted death legislation. Read the brief here.

For more information on why we have engaged with this issue read more on the sanctity of life and what the CRC believes at this link.