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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
Televised live on PTN
Monday, February 1, 2021
10:01 AM ET
Location: Room C128, Senate of Canada Building, with videoconference
Clerk: Mark Palmer (613) 716-4845
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
  • Danielle Chalifoux, Lawyer and Chair(Institut de planification des soins du Québec)
  • François Daigle, Associate Deputy Minister(Department of Justice Canada)
  • Marcella Daye, Senior Policy Advisor(Canadian Human Rights Commission)
  • Dr. Naheed Dosani, Palliative Care Physician and Health Justice Activist(As an Individual)
  • Sarah Jama, Lead Organizer(Disability Justice Network of Ontario)
  • Heidi Janz, Chair, Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee(Council of Canadians with Disabilities)
  • The Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., former senator, former chair, Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs(As an Individual)
  • Joanne Klineberg, Acting General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector(Department of Justice Canada)
  • Marie-Claude Landry, Chief Commissioner(Canadian Human Rights Commission)
  • A. Wayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University(As an Individual)
  • Jonathan Marchand, Chair(Coop ASSIST - Quebec Cooperative for Independent Living)
  • Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section(Department of Justice Canada)
  • Sheila Osborne-Brown, Acting General Counsel and Director of Legal Services(Canadian Human Rights Commission)
  • Caroline Quesnel, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section(Department of Justice Canada)
  • Gerard Quinn, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities(United Nations Human Rights Council)
  • David Shannon, Barrister and Solicitor(As an Individual)
  • Elizabeth Sheehy, Professor Emerita of Law, University of Ottawa(As an Individual)
  • Patrick Taillon, Professor and co-director, Centre for Constitutional and Administrative Law Studies, Laval University(As an Individual)
  • Laurie Wright, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister(Department of Justice Canada)
Meeting with interpretation and transcription
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