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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 26
Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 6:30 p.m. to 8:21 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Hon. Marc Garneau, Joint Chair (Liberal)
Hon. Yonah Martin, Joint Chair

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• Tim Louis for René Arseneault (Liberal)
• Emmanuella Lambropoulos for Hedy Fry (Liberal)
Statutory Review of the Provisions of the Criminal Code Relating to Medical Assistance in Dying and their Application
As an individual
• Dawn Davies, Pediatrician, Palliative Care Physician
• Timothy Ehmann, Medical Doctor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
• Caroline Marcoux
• Roderick McCormick, Professor
• Cheryl Milne, Executive Director, David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
Hospital for Sick Children
• Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Director, Department of Bioethics
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.

Dawn Davies, Cheryl Milne and Randi Zlotnik Shaul made statements and answered questions.

At 7:23 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:27 p.m., the sitting resumed.

At 7.25 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 115(5) of the House of Commons, it was agreed that the committee continue to sit.

Caroline Marcoux, Roderick McCormick and Timothy Ehmann made statements and answered questions.

At 8:21 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Wassim Bouanani,
Mireille Aubé
Joint clerks of the committee