May 11, 2016 (Meeting 18)
Department of Health
Sharon Harper, Manager, Continuing Care Unit, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Department of Justice
Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector
Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
May 10, 2016 (Meeting 17)
Department of Health
Helen McElroy, Director General, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Sharon Harper, Manager, Continuing Care Unit, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Department of Justice
Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector
Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
May 10, 2016 (Meeting 16)
Department of Health
Helen McElroy, Director General, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Sharon Harper, Manager, Continuing Care Unit, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Department of Justice
Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector
Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
May 9, 2016 (Meeting 15)
Department of Health
Helen McElroy, Director General, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Sharon Harper, Manager, Continuing Care Unit, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Department of Justice
Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector
Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
Julie Besner, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
May 5, 2016 (Meeting 14)
As an individual
Graydon Nicholas, Former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick
Harvey Chochinov, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
Jennifer Gibson, Director and Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
Joseph Arvay
Udo Schuklenk, Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics, Philosophy, Queen's University
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Josh Paterson, Executive Director
May 4, 2016 (Meeting 13)
As an individual
Dianne Pothier, Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
Gary Bauslaugh, Free Lance Writer
Jocelyn Downie, Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine, Dalhousie University
Trudo Lemmens, Professor, Scholl Chair, Health Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses
Maureen Klenk, Past President
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
Wanda Morris, Vice-President, Advocacy
Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
Greg DelBigio
Richard Fowler, Representative, British Columbia
Canadian Council of Imams
Sikander Hashmi, Spokesperson
Canadian Medical Association
Cindy Forbes, President
Jeff Blackmer, Vice-President, Medical Professionalism
Canadian Nurses Association
Carolyn Pullen, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Strategy
Canadian Nurses Protective Society
Elaine Borg, Legal Counsel
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Bruce Clemenger, President
Julia Beazley, Director, Public Policy
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
Jay Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor
Living With Dignity
Michel Racicot, Vice-President
Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia
Catherine Ferrier, President
May 3, 2016 (Meeting 12)
As an individual
Carrie Bourassa, Professor, Indigenous Health Studies, First Nations University of Canada
Derryck Smith
Hon. Steven Fletcher
Alliance of People with Disabilities Who Are Supportive of Legal Assisted Dying Society
Angus Gunn, Counsel
Margaret Birrell, Board Member
Association for Reformed Political Action Canada
André Schutten, Legal Counsel and Director of Law and Policy
James Schutten
Pieter Harsevoort
Canadian Association for Community Living
Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Cara Zwibel, Acting General Counsel, Fundamental Freedoms Program
Canadian Jewish Congress
Richard Marceau, General Counsel and Senior Political Advisor
Christian Legal Fellowship
Derek Ross, Executive Director
Jonathan Sikkema, Associate Counsel
Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience
Laurence Worthen, Executive Director, Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada
H.Em. Thomas Collins, Archbishop, Archdiocese of Toronto
Communication Disabilities Access Canada
Hazel Self, Chair, Board of Directors
Dying With Dignity Canada
Shanaaz Gokool, Chief Executive Officer
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Amy Hasbrouck, Vice-President
Hugh Scher, Legal Counsel
May 3, 2016 (Meeting 11)
As an individual
Dr. Ian Mitchell, Paediatrician and Professor, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine
Juliet Guichon, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine
Theo Boer, Professor, Ethics
Canadian Association of Social Workers
Sally Guy, Social Worker and Policy Analyst
Canadian Medical Protective Association
Domenic Crolla, General Counsel
Hartley Stern, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
Dr. Monica Branigan, Chair, Working Group on Hastened Death
Quebec Association for the Right to Die with Dignity
Dr. Georges L'Espérance, President
Dr. Nacia Faure, Former Endocrinologist and Palliative Care Doctor
May 2, 2016 (Meeting 10)
As an individual
Will Johnston, Chair, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of British Columbia
Barreau du Québec
Giuseppe Battista, President, Committee on Criminal Law
Jean-Pierre Ménard, Member, Working Group on the End-of-Life Care
Marc Sauvé, Director, Research and Legislation Services
Canadian Pharmacists Association
Philip Emberley, Director, Professional Affairs
Canadian Psychological Association
Karen R. Cohen, Chief Executive Officer
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Francine Lemire, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Department of Health
Abby Hoffman, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch
Helen McElroy, Director General, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch
Sharon Harper, Manager, Chronic and Continuing Care Division
Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister
Department of Justice
Donald Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector
Jeanette Ettel, Senior Counsel, Human Rights Law Section
Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section
Laurie Wright, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector
William F. Pentney, Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada
End of Life Planning Canada
Françoise Hébert, Chair
Nino Sekopet, Client Services Manager
Hon. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health
Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada