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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 22
Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 6:30 p.m. to 8:29 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Hon. Marc Garneau, Joint Chair (Liberal)
Hon. Yonah Martin, Joint Chair

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• Kelly Block for Michael Cooper (Conservative)
• Sophie Chatel for Hon. Hedy Fry (Liberal)
• Joël Godin for Dominique Vien (Conservative)
• Marc G. Serré for James Maloney (Liberal)
Library of Parliament
• Dana Phillips, Analyst
• Marlisa Tiedemann, Analyst
Statutory Review of the Provisions of the Criminal Code Relating to Medical Assistance in Dying and their Application
As an individual
• Blair Bigham, Doctor, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University
• Sandra Demontigny
• Adelina Iftene, Law Professeur
• David Lussier, Geriatric Physician
• Félix Pageau, Geriatrician and Researcher
• Dorothy Pringle, Professor Emeritus, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
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.

Adelina Iftene, David Lussier and Félix Pageau made statements and answered questions.

At 7:30 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:37 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Blair Bigham, Sandra Demontigny and Dorothy Pringle made statements and answered questions.

At 8:29 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Wassim Bouanani,
Mireille Aubé
Joint clerks of the committee