He told CNA that he thinks this is "entirely inappropriate," and that people "shouldn't go into the hospital in order to facilitate (their) death."
Currently, only people who are over the age of 18, have been deemed to be "mentally competent," and have been diagnosed with a terminal physical illness by two doctors or two nurse practitioners are eligible to receive MAID.
But these restrictions could be changed, Conservative MP Michael Cooper of St. Albert-Edmonton warned CNA.
The existing MAID policy that was passed into law is "far more limited" than the version originally recommended by the joint legislative committee, Cooper said.
"My concern at this point in time is that the limited safeguards that have been put in place...All of that now is potentially on the table to be opened up, whereby there would be virtually no safeguards in place," Cooper said.
Potential changes being considered, Cooper explained, include allowing those with mental illnesses as well as "mature minors" to request MAID, and the creation of an "advanced directive" whereby a person can give instructs for their own death as a contingency plan.
"At this point, there has been no indication that further changes to the law are going to be made," said Cooper.
"But I'm not optimistic that over the long term that won't be the case."
Both Cooper and Anderson expressed concern about the state of palliative care in Canada as a result of the MAID law and a lack of clear conscience rights for doctors.
"We do have a strong palliative care community in Canada, who have been encouraging governments to really commit to that," Anderson said.
"One of the things that concerns me is that I'm hearing about doctors who have been involved in palliative care in the past who are shutting down their practices because of the threat of being forced to participate in assisted suicide."
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This results in fewer palliative care doctors in Canada, "in a time when we probably should be encouraging it and strengthening it."
"This government has basically window-dressed when it comes to palliative care," said Cooper, the Albertan MP.
"There's very little movement on the palliative care front."
Cooper told CNA that he thinks it "essential" that palliative care be expanded in Canada and that it is not currently available to most Canadians, a problem he said predates the passage of MAID.
"Absent palliative care, many individuals may feel there is no other choice but to go down the road of physician assisted dying, or may even feel pressure from family members or friends who may be otherwise in a position of looking after them," Cooper said.
Christine Rousselle is a former DC Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. Prior to working at CNA, she was the managing web editor of Townhall.com; she has a BA in political science from Providence College.