Three years after Canada passed legislation to allow for medical assistance in dying, advocates say there are still roadblocks in accessing the program in Alberta.

Violeta Mikaia is just days away from ending her life and wants to tell others who are suffering that medical assistance in dying is now legal.

A video was released Wednesday by Dying With Dignity Canada, as part of the charity's national campaign to amend Canada's assisted-dying law.

The federal government has initiated the promised review of its restrictive new law on medically assisted dying to determine if it should be expanded to include Canadians suffering strictly from mental illnesses and some others.

The Medical Assistance In Dying Statute includes a series of amendments to several pieces of legislation, including the Coroner's Act, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, to provide more clarity on the issue for patients, families, doctors and other health-care providers.

It is very difficult to determine how many people are seeking - and getting - medically assisted deaths in Atlantic Canada, an advocate says.

Rural communities still trying to figure out which doctors will provide physician-assisted dying.

A new federal law that imposes strict conditions on the right of Canadians to end their lives with medical assistance is a betrayal of the woman whose case was central to the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the ban on assisted death, critics say.

Kathy Ford said terminally ill people now face a "deeply personal" issue and any consultation on death should include family members and a doctor.

Reaction to the proposed assisted-dying legislation unveiled Thursday is still being formed, but some Nova Scotia groups already have concerns.