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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (JUST)

43rd Parliament, 2nd Session

Meeting 5

Thursday, November 5, 2020, 11:05 a.m. to 1:06 p.m.

Room 410, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Webcast

Presiding

Iqra Khalid, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Randall Garrison

Acting Members present

• Hon. Mike Lake for Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay (Conservative)

• Luc Thériault for Rhéal Éloi Fortin (Bloc Québécois)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Lyne Casavant, Analyst

• Julia Nicol, Analyst

Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Witnesses

Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers

• Dr. Stefanie Green, President

Canadian Medical Association

• Dr. Ann Collins, President

• Cécile Bensimon, Director, Ethics and Professional Affairs

Commission on End-of-Life Care

• Dr. Michel Bureau, Chair

• Dr. David Lussier, Commissioner

• Pierre Deschamps, Lawyer

• Stéphanie Goulet, General Secretary

Ménard, Martin, Avocats

• Jean-Pierre Ménard, Lawyer

As an individual

• Dr. Serge Gauthier, Neurologist and Professor, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Medicine, McGill University

• Dr. Mona Gupta, Psychiatrist and Associate Professor, Centre de recherche du CHUM

• Dr. Leonie Herx, Palliative Medicine Consultant

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

• Dr. Tarek Rajji, Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry

Pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, October 29, 2020, the committee resumed consideration of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).

Stefanie Green, Ann Collins, Michel Bureau and Jean-Pierre Ménard made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 11:58 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:03 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Serge Gauthier, Mona Gupta, Leonie Herx and Tarek Rajji made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

Motion

Arif Virani moved, — That the committee continue to sit beyond 1:00 p.m. in order to complete the current round of questions.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Mike Kelloway, James Maloney, Ramesh Sangha, Luc Thériault, Arif Virani, Sameer Zuberi — 6;

NAYS: Michael Cooper, Randall Garrison, Mike Lake, Chris Lewis, Rob Moore — 5.

At 1:06 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Marc-Olivier Girard

Clerk of the Committee