Skip to main content
Start of content

JUST Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

Minutes of Proceedings

43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 6
Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 11:01 a.m. to 1:44 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Iqra Khalid, Chair (Liberal)

Library of Parliament
• Lyne Casavant, Analyst
• Julia Nicol, Analyst
As an individual
• Julie Campbell, Nurse Practitioner, Provincial Care Coordination Service
• Ken Berger, Lawyer
• Roger Foley
• Catherine Frazee, Professor Emerita, School of Disability Studies, Ryerson University
• Dr. Ewan C. Goligher, Assistant Professor, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto
Association for Reformed Political Action Canada
• John Sikkema, Legal Counsel
• André Schutten, Legal Counsel and Director of Law and Policy
Inclusion Canada
• Krista Carr, Executive Vice President
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
• Heidi Janz, Chair, Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee
• Taylor Hyatt, Member, Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee
Living With Dignity
• Michel Racicot, Lawyer
Pursuant to the order of reference of Thursday, October 29, 2020, the committee resumed consideration of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).

Julie Campbell, Roger Foley, John Sikkema and Krista Carr made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 12:00 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:06 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Catherine Frazee made a statement by prerecorded video.

Ewan C. Goligher made a statement.

Heidi Janz made a statement by prerecorded video.

Taylor Hyatt and Michel Racicot made statements.

The witnesses answered questions.

It was agreed, — That the committee continue to sit beyond 1 p.m. in order to complete a second round of questions.

It was agreed, — That the Canadian Nurses Association be invited to appear during the second hour of the meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 12, 2020.

Motion

Rob Moore moved, — That, notwithstanding the decision taken previously, the committee devote two additional hearings on Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).

At 1:38 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 1:39 p.m., the sitting resumed.

The committee resumed consideration of the motion of Rob Moore, — That, notwithstanding the decision taken previously, the committee devote two additional hearings on Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying).

After debate, the question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Michael Cooper, Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Chris Lewis, Rob Moore, Luc Thériault — 5;

NAYS: Randall Garrison, Mike Kelloway, Marcus Powlowski, Ramesh Sangha, Arif Virani, Sameer Zuberi — 6.

At 1:44 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Marc-Olivier Girard
Clerk of the Committee