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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 5

Thursday, May 5, 2022, 6:30 p.m. to 8:34 p.m.

Room 225-A, West Block

Televised

Presiding

Hon. Marc Garneau, Joint Chair (Liberal)

Hon. Yonah Martin, Joint Chair

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Members of the Committee present representing the Senate

• Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond

• Hon. Stanley Paul Kutcher

• Hon. Yonah Martin

• Hon. Marie-Françoise Mégie

• Hon. Pamela Wallin

Members of the Committee present representing the House of Commons

Liberal

Conservative

Bloc Québécois

Luc Thériault

NDP

Alistair MacGregor

Acting Members from the House of Commons present

• Ben Lobb for Michael Barrett (Conservative)

Statutory Review of the Provisions of the Criminal Code Relating to Medical Assistance in Dying and their Application

Witnesses

As an individual

• Melissa Andrew, Professor of Medicine in Geriatrics, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority

• Michael Bach, Managing Director, Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society

• Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Professor of Politics, University of Hull

• Pierre Deschamps, Lawyer and Ethicist

Dying with Dignity Canada

• Hon. James S. Cowan, Member of the Board of Directors and Former Senator

• Helen Long, Chief Executive Officer

Association québécoise pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité

• Georges L'Espérance, President and Neurosurgeon

Pursuant to the orders of reference from the House of Commons on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 and from the Senate on Thursday, March 31, 2022, and subsection 5(1) of An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), the committee resumed the statutory review of the Act.

Raphael Cohen Almagor, Pierre Deschamps, James S. Cowan and Helen Long made statements and answered questions.

At 7:32 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:35 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Melissa Andrew, Michael Bach and Georges L'Espérance made statements and answered questions.

At 8:34 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Leif-Erik Aune,

Andrea Mugny

Joint clerks of the committee