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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD)

44th Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting 24

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 6:34 p.m. to 8:28 p.m.

Room 415, Wellington Building, 197 Sparks Street

Presiding

Hon. Yonah Martin, Joint Chair

Hon. Marc Garneau, Joint Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present representing the Senate

• Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond

• Hon. Stanley Paul Kutcher

• Hon. Yonah Martin

• Hon. Marie-Françoise Mégie

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 Hon. Hedy Fry (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Marlisa Tiedemann, Analyst

• 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

• Jennifer Gibson, Associate Professor, Director of Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto

• Gordon Gubitz, Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Graduate Studies at Dalhousie University

• Kathryn Morrison, Clinical and Organizational Ethicist

• Chantal Perrot, Doctor

• Peter Reiner, Professor of Neuroethics, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

• Kimberley Widger, Associate Professor

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.

Jennifer Gibson, Chantal Perrot and Peter Reiner made statements and answered questions.

At 7:32 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:36 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Gordon Gubitz, Kathryn Morrison and Kimberley Widger made statements and answered questions.

At 8:28 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Wassim Bouanani,

Mireille Aubé

Joint clerks of the committee