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LCJC - Standing Committee

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

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43-2 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session (September 23, 2020 - August 15, 2021)
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Meeting Detail
Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Monday, November 23, 2020
10:17 AM ET
Location: Room C128, Senate of Canada Building
Clerk: Mark Palmer (613) 716-4845
Examine the subject matter of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
Appearing
  • The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada(Department of Justice Canada)
Witnesses
  • Bonnie Brayton, Chief Executive Officer(DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada)
  • Dr. Sandy Buchman, Past president(Canadian Medical Association)
  • Krista Carr, Executive Vice-President(Inclusion Canada)
  • The Honourable James S. Cowan, Q.C., Chair, Board of Directors and former senator(Dying With Dignity Canada)
  • François Daigle, Associate Deputy Minister(Department of Justice Canada)
  • Dr. Alison Freeland, Chair, Professional Standards and Practice Committee(Canadian Psychiatric Association)
  • Andrew Galley, National Research and Policy Analyst(Canadian Mental Health Association)
  • Dr. Stefanie Green, Presidentt, MAID Practitioner, Advisor to BC Ministry of Health(Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers)
  • Amy E. Hasbrouck, Executive Director, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet a project of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities(Council of Canadians with Disabilities)
  • Dr. Leonie Herx, Palliative Medicine Consultant, Immediate Past-President and Executive Board Member(Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians)
  • Dr. Georges L'Espérance, President, neurosurgeon(Quebec Association for the Right to Die in Dignity )
  • Helen Long, Chief Executive Officer(Dying With Dignity Canada)
  • Dr. Grainne E. Neilson, President(Canadian Psychiatric Association)
  • Dr. Tarek Rajji, Chief of Adult Neurodevelopment and Geriatric Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto(Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
  • Laurie Wright, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister(Department of Justice Canada)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription
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