JUST Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
The Ministers made statements and answered questions.
At 12:13 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 12:19 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Ramona Coelho, Tanja Daws, Helen Long, Georges L’Espérance and James S. Cowan made statements and answered questions.
Randall Garrison moved, — That, with regard to the study on Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), the committee sit on Tuesday, November 10, and Thursday, November 12, 2020, to conclude its hearings on this topic.
After debate, the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Randall Garrison, Mike Kelloway, James Maloney, Ramesh Sangha, Francis Scarpaleggia, Luc Thériault, Arif Virani — 7;
NAYS: Michael Cooper, Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Chris Lewis, Rob Moore — 4.
It was agreed, — That, with regard to the study on Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), the committee proceed to the clause-by-clause study of the bill on Tuesday, November 17, and Thursday, November 19, 2020, provided that proposed amendments are submitted to the clerk electronically by Friday, November 13, 2020, at 4:00 p.m.
At 1:22 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.