C-62 , 44th Parliament, 1st session Monday, November 22, 2021, to present

An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2
Bill type
House Government Bill
This bill received royal assent on Thursday, February 29, 2024

Statutes of Canada 2024, c. 1

Progress

End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Thursday, February 1, 2024
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Thursday, February 1, 2024
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Sitting 277
Major speeches
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Sitting 282
Agreed to (Vote 641)
2nd reading and referral to committee - WHOL
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without an amendment, Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Committee of the Whole
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
End of stage activity
Third reading, Thursday, February 15, 2024
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Sitting 283
Agreed to (Vote 646)
3rd reading
End of stage activity
First reading, Thursday, February 15, 2024
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Thursday, February 15, 2024
End of stage activity
Second reading, Monday, February 26, 2024
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Monday, February 26, 2024
Sitting 181
Major speeches
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End of stage activity
Third reading, Thursday, February 29, 2024
Bill passed by the Senate without amendment
Chamber sittings
Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Notes

On February 12, 2024, the Senate adopted the following motion:

That, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules, previous order or usual practice, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024:

1. the sitting be suspended at the time the Senate would normally adjourn or once the Senate has completed the consideration of items on the Order Paper and Notice Paper for the day, whichever comes earlier;

2. at 6 p.m., the sitting resume, and the Senate resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole to consider the subject matter of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2;

3. the Committee of the Whole on the subject matter of Bill C-62 receive the Honourable Mark Holland, P.C., M.P., Minister of Health, and the Honourable Arif Virani, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, each accompanied by two officials;

4. the Committee of the Whole on the subject matter of Bill C-62 rise no later than 130 minutes after it begins;

5. the witnesses’ introductory remarks each last a maximum total of five minutes;

6. if a senator does not use the entire period of 10 minutes for debate provided under rule 12-31(3)(d), including the responses of the witnesses, that senator may yield the balance of time to another senator;

7. rule 3-3(1) be suspended and no motion to adjourn the sitting be received before the Committee of the Whole has reported; and

8. once the Committee of the Whole has reported, the Senate adjourn.

Details

Recorded votes

House of Commons

Vote 640 — Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Result:
Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2 (reasoned amendment)
Yeas:
33
Nays:
291
Paired:
2
Total:
326
Vote 641 — Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Result:
Agreed To
2nd reading of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2
Yeas:
294
Nays:
33
Paired:
2
Total:
329
Vote 645 — Thursday, February 15, 2024
Result:
Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill, (previous question)
Yeas:
281
Nays:
30
Paired:
4
Total:
315
Vote 646 — Thursday, February 15, 2024
Result:
Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2
Yeas:
272
Nays:
32
Paired:
4
Total:
308

Senate

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Speaker's rulings and statements

House of Commons

Sitting date Debates (Hansard)
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Sitting 281

Major speeches at second reading

House of Commons

Speech date Speech Member of Parliament
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 277) Ya'ara Saks (Liberal)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Response speech(Sitting 277) Michael Cooper (Conservative)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Response speech(Sitting 277) Luc Thériault (Bloc Québécois)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Response speech(Sitting 277) Alistair MacGregor (NDP)

Senate

Speech date Speech Senator
Monday, February 26, 2024 Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 181) Marc Gold (Non-affiliated)
Monday, February 26, 2024 Response speech(Sitting 181) Stanley Kutcher (Independent Senators Group)

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