Capital Dispatch: Is Canada in an affordability crisis? And why the Liberals took a stand on assisted dying this week - CTV News

President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa and Foreign Minister Battsetseg Batmunkh’s participation at the United Nations General Assembly in New York provided more than an opportunity to reinforce Mongolia’s international profile. It should also encourage Canada to look more strategically at a bilateral relationship whose importance extends well beyond its current level of trade. The engagement between Foreign Minister Battsetseg and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, was diplomatically significant. High-level contacts of this nature maintain political momentum and demonstrate the value both countries attach to a relationship that has developed substantially since diplomatic relations were established in 1973.

(ZENIT News / Otawwa, 10.11.2026).- Canada will not extend its assisted-dying program to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness, Justice Minister Sean Fraser announced on October 7, bringing an end to years of uncertainty over whether the country would permit medically assisted death for people who are not terminally ill but are experiencing psychiatric suffering. Speaking to reporters in the House of Commons, Fraser acknowledged that the issue had not produced complete agreement but said the government believed maintaining the current restriction was the right decision. The forthcoming legislation is expected to extend the exclusion indefinitely, replacing a series of temporary delays with a more lasting policy.