Q-471 , 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

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Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan)
Date asked
October 16, 2025
Answered
December 3, 2025
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Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
With regard to the use of medical assistance in dying by federal inmates: (a) what is the total number of federal inmates who have used medical assistance in dying in each year since legalization; (b) what is the total number of federal inmates who have used medical assistance in dying in each institution and in each province, in each year since legalization; (c) what is the total number of federal inmates who have requested medical assistance in dying in each year since legalization; (d) what is the total number of federal inmates who have requested medical assistance in dying in each institution and in each province, in each year since legalization; (e) for (a), (b), (c) and (d), how many and what proportions were (i) female, (ii) Indigenous, (iii) Black, (iv) a visible minority; and (f) for (a), (b), (c) and (d), how many and what proportions (i) sought or received track 1 medical assistance in dying, (ii) sought or received track 2 medical assistance in dying, (iii) received medical assistance in dying while in prison, (iv) received medical assistance in dying at a location outside of prison?
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