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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying (PDAM)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 5

Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 5:30 p.m. to 7:31 p.m.

Room 253-D, Centre Block

Televised

Presiding

Hon. Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Co-Chair

Robert Oliphant, Co-Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present representing the Senate The Honourable Senators

• Hon. James S. Cowan

• Hon. Serge Joyal

• Hon. Nancy Ruth

• Hon. Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie

• Hon. Judith G. Seidman

Members of the Committee present representing the House of Commons

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Other Members of the House of Commons present

• Harold Albrecht (Conservative)

• Sean Casey (Liberal)

• Garnett Genuis (Conservative)

• Joël Godin (Conservative)

• Rachael Harder (Conservative)

• Kamal Khera (Liberal)

• Arnold Viersen (Conservative)

House of Commons

• Andrea McCaffrey, Procedural Clerk

Library of Parliament

• Julia Nicol, Analyst

• Marlisa Tiedemann, Analyst

Physician-Assisted Dying

External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada

• Benoît Pelletier, Member, External Panel

• Stephen Mihorean, Executive Director, Secretariat

Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying

• Jennifer Gibson, Co-Chair

• Maureen Taylor, Co-Chair

Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Friday, December 11, 2015, the Committee resumed its study of physician-assisted dying.

Benoît Pelletier made a statement and answered questions.

At 6:29 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 6:32 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Jennifer Gibson and Maureen Taylor made statements and answered questions.

At 7:31 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Cynara Corbin,

Shaila Anwar

Clerks of the Committee