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Brosseau's constitutional challenge against the current law will proceed.","category":"Health","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-03T20:05:09.924Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-03T18:03:59.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-03T20:05:09.924Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":55,"critic":55,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Only one outlet provided a full report; others are digests.","critic":"No right-rated outlet provided a full report or quotes.","hype":"Headlines are measured and proportionate."}},"tags":["#MAID","#MentalHealth","#Law","#Healthcare"],"entities":["Claire Brosseau","Justice Carissima Mathen","Attorney General","Department of Justice"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["An Ontario judge has dismissed Claire Brosseau's motion to apply for medical assistance in dying (MAID) based only on mental illness.","Brosseau, 49, sought a constitutional exemption from the law that currently bars MAID eligibility for individuals whose sole condition is mental illness.","Justice Carissima Mathen ordered the Attorney General to respond to Brosseau's separate constitutional challenge within 14 days.","The Department of Justice agreed that the legal requirements for an exemption were not met."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"An Ontario judge has denied a motion that would have allowed Claire Brosseau to apply for medical assistance in dying (MAID) based solely on mental illness. Brosseau, 49, had filed the motion in May 2026 seeking a constitutional exemption from the current law. Justice Carissima Mathen dismissed the motion on Thursday. The judge ordered the Attorney General to respond to Brosseau's broader constitutional challenge within 14 days, stating that next steps for the charter challenge must be scheduled. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice confirmed agreement with the court's decision that the legal requirements for a special exemption or pause of the law were not met."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on timing of challenge"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"CTV News reported that Brosseau launched her constitutional challenge in August 2024, and the case had not commenced in court, which led to her urgent motion. 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