Afternoon front page: Committee to recommend pause on MAID for mental illness; boy, 12, charged with attempted murder of cop; and more

Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski, who is co-chair of the special parliamentary committee looking into medical assistance in dying for those with mental illness. Photo by Blair Gable/Postmedia

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It’s Monday, June 15. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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Committee to recommend Liberals indefinitely pause expanding MAID for mental illness: sources

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The committee of MPs and senators heard from 44 witnesses, many opposed to granting MAID eligibility based solely on mental illness over several core issues, including whether it’s possible to determine with any degree of certainty when psychiatric suffering has become “irremediable.”

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Toronto Police headquarters in 2019. Photo by Veronica Henri/Postmedia

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Toronto boy, 12, charged with attempted murder after police officer injured in hit-and-run

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One officer fired multiple times to stop the stolen car, which was carrying two other children, the Special Investigations Unit said. The agency said it could not yet say whether the shots were fired before or after the vehicle struck the officer.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks at the PDAC mining conference at Toronto’s Metro Toronto Convention Centre, on March 3, 2025. Photo by Peter J. Thompson/National Post/File

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Scott Stinson: Ontario signs critical minerals ‘partnership’ with U.K. to combat Chinese influence

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“Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government has been pushing to make inroads with various U.S. states and foreign governments amid uncertainty over the future of the North American free-trade agreement,” Stinson writes.

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“The data suggest that for many Canadian women and men, achieving the family life they desire remains a challenge,” reads the report “Home Alone” by Cardus, an Ontario-based non-partisan Christian think tank. Photo by Adobe Stock

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FIRST READING: Canadians would gladly be having millions more babies if they could

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When Canadians between 18 and 44 were asked to name their “ideal” family size, women reported wanting an average of 1.97 children, while men wanted an average of 2.13. Canada’s current fertility rate is just 1.25 children per woman.

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Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau takes a knee during a Black Lives Matter protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, June 5, 2020. Photo by DAVE CHAN/AFP via Getty Images

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The Western Surrender: Join us as we rank the Anglosphere by progressive madness

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The western world enjoys an inheritance of liberty, the rule of law, wealth and stability that’s unmatched in history. But in country after country, there have been movements aimed at destroying the West from within. This new NP Comment series will focus on how this has evolved in the U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Australia and Canada — and rank the countries based on wokeness.

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