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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD)
43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 3
Monday, June 21, 2021, 6:31 p.m. to 7:40 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Hon. Hedy Fry, Joint Chair (Liberal)
Hon. Yonah Martin, Joint Chair

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• Tamara Jansen for Hon. Rob Moore (Conservative)
• Jenny Kwan for Alistair MacGregor (NDP)
• Gord Johns (NDP)
House of Commons
• Alexandre Longpré, Procedural Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Julia Nicol, Analyst
• Marlisa Tiedemann, Analyst
 
Senate
• Kalina Waltos, Acting Procedural Clerk
Statutory Review of the Provisions of the Criminal Code Relating to Medical Assistance in Dying and their Application
As an individual
• Jocelyn Downie, James S. Palmer Chair in Public Policy and Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
• Trudo Lemmens, Professor, Scholl Chair, Health Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Pursuant to the orders of reference from the House of Commons on Friday, April 16, 2021 and from the Senate on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 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.

STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR

The joint chair representing the Senate made a statement.

At 6:34 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the committee continue to sit until 7:40 p.m.

Jocelyn Downie and Trudo Lemmens made statements and answered questions.

At 7:40 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Joint Chairs.



Marc-Olivier Girard,
Mireille Aubé
Joint Clerks of the Committee