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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 23

Friday, October 28, 2022, 8:49 a.m. to 10:48 a.m.

Room 225-A, West Block

Presiding

Hon. Marc Garneau, Joint Chair (Liberal)

Hon. Marie-Françoise Mégie, Vice-Chair

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Members of the Committee present representing the Senate

• 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

• Élisabeth Brière for James Maloney (Liberal)

• Michael Barrett for Michael Cooper (Conservative)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Dana Phillips, Analyst

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

Witnesses

As an individual

• Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry, Associate Professor, McGill University

• Alice Maria Chung, Clinical Associate Professor

• Jude Poirier, Full professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, McGill University, Centre for Studies in the Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease

• Marcia Sokolowski, Psychologist and Philosopher

• Ross Upshur, Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

• Ellen Wiebe, Medical Doctor

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.

Alice Maria Chung, Jude Poirier and Ross Upshur made statements and answered questions.

At 9:53 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:58 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Marcia Sokolowski, Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry and Ellen Wiebe made statements and answered questions.

At 10:48 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Chantal Cardinal,

Wassim Bouanani

Joint clerks of the committee