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LCJC - Standing Committee

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Meeting Detail

Videoconference
Televised live on PTN
Thursday, November 26, 2020
10:01 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 Carla Qualtrough, P.C., M.P., Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion(Employment, Workforce Development and Labour)
Witnesses
  • Neil Belanger, Executive Director(British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society)
  • Dr. Thomas Bouchard, Family physician(Alberta Committee for Conscience Protection)
  • Robyn Boucher, Intern, University of Toronto(As an Individual)
  • Dr. Carrie Bourassa, Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan(As an Individual)
  • Vince Calderhead, Lawyer, Pink Larkin(As an Individual)
  • Dr. Ewan Goligher, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto(As an Individual)
  • Dr. Alika Lafontaine, Physician and Medical Lead, Aboriginal Health Program, North Zone(Alberta Health Services)
  • Claire McNeil, Lawyer, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service(Disability Rights Coalition of Nova Scotia)
  • Marilee Nowgesic, Executive Director(Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association)
  • Grace Pastine, Litigation Director(British Columbia Civil Liberties Association)
  • Dr. François Primeau, Clinical professor, Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia(As an Individual)
  • Dr. Yves Robert, Secretary of the Order(Collège des médecins du Québec)
  • Dr. Harvey Schipper, Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Toronto(As an Individual)
  • Dr. Isabelle Tardif, Deputy Director General and Assistant Secretary(Collège des médecins du Québec)
  • Dr. Cornelia Wieman, President(Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada)
  • Krista Wilcox, Director General, Office for Disability Issues(Employment and Social Development Canada)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription
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