The Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Of Life and Death - Final Report
June 1995
Appendices
Appendix A
Witnesses at Public Hearings
All briefs received by the Committee have been deposited with the Library of Parliament. Comments about the report are welcome and may be sent by regular mail, by fax (613) 947-2104 or by E-Mail to sencom@magi.com
Witnesses<T>Issue no<T>Date
Action Life
Ottawa, Ontario<T>8<T>June 1, 1994
Carroll Rees, Executive Director
Jonathan Bloedow, Member and Researcher
AIDS Committee of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario<T>12<T>July 5, 1994
Allan Stewart, Board Member
Carole Yaworsky, Executive Director
Alberta Indian Health Care Commission
Edmonton, Alberta<T>30<T>December 13, 1994
Randy Bottle
Richard Saunders
Alberta Premier's Council on the Status of<R>Persons with Disabilities
Edmonton, Alberta<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Gary McPherson, Chairman
Alliance for Life
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Anna Desilets, Executive Director
Dr. Karel Gunning
Patricia Soenen
Alliance for Life (Ontario)
Guelph, Ontario<T>8<T>June 1, 1994
Jakki Jeffs, Executive Director
The Anglican Church of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario<T>28<T>December 7, 1994
Rev. J.A. Baycroft
Archdiocese of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Most Rev. Adam Exner, Archbishop of Vancouver
Peter Ryan
@AHEAD1BREAK = Association des hôpitaux du Québec
Montreal, Quebec<T>19<T>October 5, 1994
Dr. Paul Landry
Dr. Gilles Voyer
Me Pierre Bourbonnais
Association Québécoise de Soins Palliatifs
Montreal, Quebec<T>24<T>November 17, 1994
Dr. Maurice Falardeau
Robert Dagenais
BC Association of Social Workers
Victoria, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Anne DuMoulin, Co-Chair
Michael Boyle, Co-Chair
Stuart Alcock, Executive Director
BC Civil Liberties Association
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
John Westwood, Executive Director
Alister Browne, Board Member
BC Coalition of People With Disabilities
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Margo Massie, President
Mary Williams, External Vice President
Geoff McMurchy, Communications Officer
BC Coroner's Office
Burnaby, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Vince Cain, Chief Coroner
Dr. Sheila Carlisle, Forensic Pathologist
BC Hospice/Palliative Care Association
Cranbrook, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Shirley Coupal, President
Curtis Metzger, Vice President
Dr. David Kuhl, St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
BC Persons with AIDS Society
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Arn Schilder, Chair
Pierre Beaulne, Advocacy and Communications Developer
David Boram
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
John Boram
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Canadian AIDS Society
Ottawa, Ontario<T>12<T>July 5, 1994
Russell Armstrong, National Programmes Director
Carole Neron
Steve Harris*
Terry Goodwin*
Canadian Association for Community Living
North York, Ontario<T>23<T>November 16, 1994
Paulette Bertiaume, President
Diane Richler
John Bartram
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
Montreal, Quebec<T>2<T>April 20, 1994
Dr. Brian L. Mishara, President
Canadian Cancer Society
St. John's, Newfoundland<T>6<T>May 18, 1994
Dr. Margaret Scott<T>
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ottawa, Ontario<T>22<T>October 26, 1994
Most Rev. Bertrand Blanchet, Archbishop of<R>Rimouski
Most Rev. Marcel Gervais, Archbishop of<R>Ottawa
Father Ron Mercier S.J., Regis College, Toronto
Canadian Hospital Association
Ottawa, Ontario<T>19<T>October 5, 1994
Carol Clemenhagen, President
Mary Anne Bourque
Canadian Medical Association
Ottawa, Ontario<T>25<T>November 23, 1994
Dr.Bruno L'Heureux, President
Dr. John Williams, Director, Department of Ethics
Dr. Douglas Sawyer, Chair, Committee on Ethics
Dr. Léo-Paul Landry, Secretary-General
Canadian Nurses Association
Ottawa, Ontario<T>19<T>October 5, 1994
Eleanor Ross, President
Nora Hammell, Nursing Policy Consultant
Canadian Palliative Care Association
Ottawa, Ontario<T>5<T>May 11, 1994
Dr. Paul Henteleff, President
Fay Struthers
Canadian Pharmaceutical Association
Ottawa, Ontario<T>23<T>November 16, 1994
Dr. Kevin Hall, President
Leroy Favang, Executive Director
Canadian Physicians for Life
Caledonia, Ontario<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Dr. Robert Pankratz, President
Dr. Williard Johnston, Secretary-Treasurer
Iain T. Benson, Legal Advisor
Dr. Jim Lane
The Canadian Unitarian Council
Surrey, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Brian J. Kiely, Chair, Death Decisions Committee
Alison Harvey, Member
Carrefour des Chrétiens du Québec pour la Santé
Montreal, Quebec<T>20<T>October 17, 1994
Dr. Robert Filiatrault, President
Jean François Malherbe, Chairman, <R>Bioethics Committee
Réjean Carrier
Quebec City, Quebec<T>3<T>April 27, 1994
Catholic Health Association of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Gerald J. Herkel, President
Susan House, Executive Director
Rev. John Horgan, Chairman, Ethics Committee
Catholic Health Association of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Dr. Helen Hays
Elly Englefield
Bridget Campion
Gerry Hiebert
Catholic Health Association of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Pat Murphy
Dr. Larry Reynolds
The Catholic Women's League of Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Claire Heron, National President
Heather Kolla, Past President
Dolores Fehr, Member
Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Irene Goldstone, Director
Gerald Chipeur
Calgary, Alberta<T>27<T>November 30, 1994
Choice in Dying, Ottawa
Nepean, Ontario<T>8<T>June 1, 1994
Stanley Rosenbaum
Stella McMurran
Christian Brethren
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Don Logan
Norman Plater
Church of Sts. John and Paul
Fredericton, New Brunswick<T>24<T>November 17, 1994
Rev. Kenneth Weir
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec<T>22<T>October 26, 1994
Dr. David Roy, Director, Center for Bioethics
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec<T>22<T>October 26, 1994
Dr. Neil Macdonald, Director, Cancer Ethics<R>Programme
Dr. Howard Cohen
Ottawa, Ontario<T>26<T>November 24, 1994
@AHEAD1BREAK = College of Family Physicians
Mississauga, Ontario<T>23<T>November 16, 1994
Dr. Richard MacLachan, Chair of the<R>Ethics Committee
Dr. Paul Rainsberry, Director of Education
Dr. Reg L. Perkins, Executive Director
Dr. Eugene Bereza, Member of the Ethics Committee
Community Hospice Association of Ontario
Don Mills, Ontario<T>10<T>June 15, 1994
Heather M. Balfour, Executive Director
Mrs Duffy Davidson, Board Member
Compassionate Healthcare Network Association
Surrey, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Cheryl Eckstein, Founder and President
Dr. Michael Newton, Director
Dr. H. Robert C. Pankratz, Director
Conference of Mennonites in Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Helmut Harder, General Secretary
Doug Pritchard, Staff for Peace Justice and<R>Social Concerns
Roma Quapp, Staff for the Resource Commission
Dr. Howard Zacharias, Regional Consultant in<R>Geriatric Medicare
Tym Elias, Executive Secretary
Christopher Considine
Victoria, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Janine Corbeil
Montreal, Quebec<T>32<T>January 13, 1995
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Jim Derksen, Council Member
Paula Keirstead, Member of the Human<R>Rights Committee
Allan Simpson, Past Chairman
Council on Aging
Ottawa, Ontario<T>32<T>January 13, 1995
Miriam Chapman, Chair
Dr. Campbell Lamont, Member
Charles Scott
Julianne Cressman
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Department of Health
Ottawa, Ontario<T>29<T>December 12, 1994
The Honourable Diane Marleau, P.C., Minister
André Juneau, Assistant Deputy Minister
Susan Lawson, Policy Analyst
Judy Ferguson, Director General
Department of Justice
Ottawa, Ontario<T>31<T>December 14, 1994
The Honourable Allan Rock, P.C., Minister
Dr. R.W. Dunn
White Rock, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Dying with Dignity
Toronto, Ontario<T>7<T>May 25, 1994
Marilynne Seguin, Executive Director
Martin Campbell, Barrister
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Markham, Ontario<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Bruce Clemenger, Director of Public Affairs
Janet Buckingham, Chair of Social Action Committee
Stanley Grenz
Dr. Edwin Hui
Walter Lawrence
Fédération québécoise des Centres<R>d'hébergement et de soins de longue durée
Montreal, Quebec<T>32<T>January 13, 1995
Claude Vézina
Monique Coupal
Focus on the Family
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Dr. Margaret Cottle
Julie Foley
Ottawa, Ontario<T>4<T>May 4, 1994
Goodbye: A Right to Die Society
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Charles Clapham, Director
Darline Miller, Director
Dr. James Gordon
Montreal, Quebec<T>27<T>November 30, 1994
James Green
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
George Griffith
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Health Law Institute
Halifax, Nova Scotia<T>20<T>October 17, 1994
Dr. Robert Elgie, Director
Henderson General Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario<T>4<T>May 4, 1994
Dr. Elizabeth Latimer, Director of Palliative Care
Hospice of All Saints
Ottawa, Ontario<T>12<T>July 05, 1994
Barbara O'Connor, Executive Director
Dr. Emily Geer, Medical Consultant
Susan House
New Westminster, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Humanist Association of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario<T>8<T>June 01, 1994
Trevor Banks, Member of Executive Committee
@AHEAD1BREAK = Izaak Walton Killam Hospital
Halifax, Nova Scotia<T>20<T>October 17, 1994
Dr. Nuala Kenny, Head, Department of Paediatrics
Andrew Johnson
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Brian Kershaw*
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Hilda Krieg
Surrey, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Lubavitch Organization for Jewish Development
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Yoseph Thompson
Paul Mackenzie
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Maison Marc-Simon
Quebec, Quebec<T>32<T>January 13, 1995
Dr. Michel Morissette
Sister Agathe Côté
Maison Michel Sarrazin
Sillery, Quebec<T>13<T>July 6, 1994
Louis Dionne, Director General
Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Donald A. Bailey, President
Tara Mullen, Program Co-ordinator
Neil Searles
Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research<R>Foundation
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Dr. Harvey M. Chochinov, Head,<R>Clinical Services and Academic Affairs
Manitoba Hospice Foundation
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Dr. Peter Kirk, Vice President
Dr. Linda Kristjanson
Dr. Deborah Dudgeon
Fred Nelson
Manitoba Physicians for Life
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Dr. Paul V. Adams
Dr. Nicole Caron-Boulet
Dr. Harold Boey
Janet McCaffrey
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
McGill University Centre for Medicine,<R>Ethics and Law
Montreal, Quebec<T>1<T>March 15, 1994
Edward Keyserlingk,<R>Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine
@AHEAD1BREAK = McGill University Centre for Medicine,<R>Ethics and Law
Montreal, Quebec<T>6<T>May 18, 1994
Margaret Somerville, Director
Linda Meyer
Maple Ridge, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Louise Normandin Miller
Victoria, British Columbia<T>5<T>May 11, 1994
Cecilia Moore
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Anne Mullens
Victoria, British Columbia<T>30<T>December 13, 1994
National Coalition of Concerned Mothers
Burlington, Ontario<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Lorna Dueck
Jean Echlin
Joanne Neubauer
Victoria, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
New Brunswick Extra Mural Hospital Association
Fredericton, New Brunswick<T>20<T>October 17, 1994
Dr. Gordon Fergusson
Niagara Community Impact Group
Niagara, Ontario<T>31<T>December 14, 1994
Jake Janzen
Janice Buhr
Dr. Robert Buhr
Nova Scotia Palliative Care Association
Sydney, Nova Scotia<T>23<T>November 16, 1994
Dr. Ina Cummings, Director
Judith Fuller
Sheila Noyes
Thunder Bay, Ontario<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Nurses for Life
Ottawa, Ontario<T>8<T>June 1, 1994
Mary-Lynn McPherson
Diane Petrucka
Maureen Farnand
Russel Ogden
New Westminster, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Rev. John Oldham
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Ontario Medical Association
Toronto, Ontario<T>20<T>October 17, 1994
Dr. Michael Wyman, President
Dr. Ted Boadway, Director of Health Policy
Ontario Office of the Chief Coroner
Toronto, Ontario<T>20<T>October 17, 1994
Dr. James Young, Chief Coroner
Dr. James Cairns, Deputy Chief Coroner
Ontario Office of the Crown Attorney
Timmins, Ontario<T>29<T>December 12, 1994
David Thomas
Ontario Palliative Care Association
Owen Sound, Ontario<T>4<T>May 04, 1994
Dr. James McGregor, Member of the Board
Shari Douglas, President
Rev. Bernard Osborg
Bridgetown, Nova Scotia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Ottawa and District Physicians Who Respect Life
Ottawa, Ontario<T>7<T>May 25, 1994
Dr. André Lafrance
People in Equal Participation Inc.
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Theresa Ducharme, Chair
Sylvia Daniels
Mark Pickup
Beaumont, Alberta<T>27<T>November 30, 1994
Pro-Life Society of British Columbia
Kelowna, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Ted Gerk, President
Betty Green, Director
R.E.A.L. Women of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Cecilia von Dehn
Responsable jusqu'à la fin
Quebec, Quebec<T>4<T>May 04, 1994
Yvon Bureau, President
The Right to Die Society of Canada
Victoria, British Columbia<T>25<T>November 23, 1994
John Hofsess, Executive Director
Gabrielle Gaspar, Member
Dr. Markus Luckwaldt
Right to Life Association of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario<T>8<T>June 1, 1994
June Scandiffo, President
Dr. Michael Berry
Patricia Rodney
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
R. Scott Rowand
Toronto, Ontario<T>9<T>June 8, 1994
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario<T>20<T>October 17, 1994
Dr. Gordon Crelinsten, Council Member
Dr. Henry Dinsdale, President
Dr. Pierre Paul Demers, Director
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal, Quebec<T>5<T>May 11, 1994
Dr. Balfour Mount, Director of Palliative Care
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal, Quebec<T>6<T>May 18, 1994
Dr. Marcel Boisvert
Elizabeth Semkiw
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Thomas Sigurdson
Surrey, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
Marcie Smordin
Vancouver, British Columbia<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Stratford, Ontario<T>8<T>June 1, 1994
Rev. James Dickey
Angèle St. Germain
Verdun, Quebec<T>9<T>June 8, 1994
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Toronto, Ontario<T>9<T>June 8, 1994
Dr. John Senn, Director of the Clinical Ethics Centre
Thomas More Lawyers' Guild of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario<T>12<T>July 5, 1994
Philip H. Horgan, President
David Brown
Angela Costigan
Tim Egan
Toronto Bayview Regional Cancer Centre
Toronto, Ontario<T>26<T>November 24, 1994
Dr. Robert Buckman
Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario<T>11<T>June 22, 1994
Dr. Abbyann Day Lynch, Director<R>Bioethics Department
United Church of Canada
Toronto, Ontario<T>27<T>November 30, 1994
Ruth Evans, Director
Rev. Ann L. Simmonds
Université Laval<R>Département des sciences infirmières
Ste. Foy, Quebec<T>12<T>July 5, 1994
Danielle Blondeau
University of Alberta<R>Developmental Disabilities Centre
Edmonton, Alberta<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Richard Sobsey
University of Calgary<R>Department of Community Health Sciences
Calgary, Alberta<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Marja Verhoef
University of Calgary<R>Faculty of Medicine
Calgary, Alberta<T>16<T>September 28, 1994
Dr. Douglas Kinsella
University of Manitoba<R>Centre for Applied Ethics
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>18<T>September 30, 1994
Arthur Schafer
University of Manitoba<R>Faculty of Law
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>6<T>May 18, 1994
Barney Sneiderman
University of Sherbrooke<R>Ethics Committee
Sherbrooke, Quebec<T>29<T>December 12, 1994
Dr. Pauline Lesage-Jarjoura
Dr. Suzanne Philips-Nootens
Jean Desclos
University of Toronto<R>Faculty of Law
Toronto, Ontario<T>10<T>June 15, 1994
Bernard Dickens
University of Victoria<R>Department of Philosophy
Victoria, British Columbia<T>2<T>April 20, 1994
Dr. Eike-Henner W. Kluge
Volunteer Home Support Group
Winnipeg, Manitoba<T>17<T>September 29, 1994
Dennis Norbury, President
Dr. Sandra Kirby, Vice President
Dr. Harry van Bommel
Scarborough, Ontario<T>28<T>December 7, 1994
Humphrey Waldock
West Vancouver, British Columbia<T>14<T>September 26, 1994
Dr. Ken F. Walker (Dr. W.Gifford-Jones)
Toronto, Ontario<T>11<T>June 22, 1994
Dr. Scott Wallace
Victoria, British Columbia<T>15<T>September 27, 1994
*Indicates that witness appeared in camera
The following witnesses appeared via videoconference from Holland on October 25, 1994. A transcript of the meeting is contained in Issue No. 21 of the Proceedings of the Committee.
Dr. Dirkyan Bakker
Surgeon, Member of Medical Ethical Committee for Patient Care, University Hospital
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Elly De Heer
General Practitioner, Professor at Erasmus University
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Robert J.M. Dillman
Secretary of Medical Affairs, Royal Dutch Medical Association
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dr. A.P.M. Heintz
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mrs. Johanna Kits Nieuwenkamp
Ministry of Health, Chair of the Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe
Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Dr. H.J.J. Leenen
Professor of Social Medicine and Health Law, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Professor Johan Legemaate
Counsellor, Royal Dutch Medical Association
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Professor Leo C.M. Meijers
Attorney-General, Supreme Court of the Netherlands
The Hague, The Netherlands
Mr. Eugene Sutorius
Attorney and Deputy Justice, Court of Appeal, Member of the Dutch Health Council
Arnheim, The Netherlands
Dr. J.J.M. Van Delden
Sociologist and Medical Practitioner, Principal investigator for the Remmelink Committee
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dr. Gerrit van der Wal
Inspector of Health in North-Holland
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mrs. Mary G. Vlaming
Registered Nurse (retired)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Appendix B
Written Submissions Received
The Committee received several thousand submissions from individuals and organizations. Some of these were short form letters or individual letters simply expressing an opinion for or against euthanasia and assisted suicide. Others were requests to appear, often accompanied by well-developed briefs, from organizations or private individuals. For reasons of time it was not possible to hear every group or individual who wrote to the Committee. The following is a list of the briefs received from organizations that did not appear as well as some of the more lengthy studies submitted by individuals. The Committee is grateful to all who took the time to express their views.
Abbotsford Right-to-Life Society
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Alliance Action Inc.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marie Achille
Burnaby, British Columbia
Zoe Bernatksy
Willingdon, Alberta
Lucille Birkett
Edmonton, Alberta
R.E. Bowley
Peterborough, Ontario
Calabogie, Renfrew Pro-Life Association
Calabogie, Ontario
Canadian Association of Social Workers
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Bar Association
Ottawa, Ontario
Catholic Physicians Guild of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Catholic Women's League of Canada
Various branches
Centre for Renewal in Public Policy
Gloucester, Ontario
Chevaliers de Colomb, Conseil provincial du Nouveau-Brunswick
Kedgwick, New Brunswick
Chilliwack Pro Life Society
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Christian Medical and Dental Society
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Christian Social Morals Action Committee
Frankford, Ontario
Susan Conrad
Toronto, Ontario
Corporation professionnelle des travailleurs sociaux du Québec
Montreal, Quebec
Council of Christian Reformed Churches in Canada
Burlington, Ontario
Pierre Coutlée
Lasalle, Quebec
Phyllis Creighton
Toronto, Canada
Ann Davis
Nepean, Ontario
Luc Déry
Montreal, Quebec
Janice Dillon
Vancouver, British Columbia
John Doyle
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dunnville and Area Right to Life
Dunnville, Ontario
Betty Eckgren
Victoria, British Columbia
Dr. H.E. Emson
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Elly Englefield
Sherwood Park, Alberta
Audrey Floyd
Surrey, British Columbia
Rosalie Floyd
Penticton, British Columbia
La Fondation Lise T.
Anjou, Quebec
Brian Gifford
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Claude Girard
Montreal, Quebec
Christine Glazer
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
David Golden
Toronto, Ontario
Antonio R. Gualtieri
Ottawa, Ontario
Dr. Sydney G. Grant
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Dr. Tadeusz Grygier
Aylmer, Quebec
Halton Pro-Life
Burlington, Ontario
Tom Harpur
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Helen Hays
Edmonton, Alberta
Human Life Research Institute
Toronto, Ontario
Island Hospice Association
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Kanata Pentecostal Church
Kanata, Ontario
Dr. F.B. Kelly
Moncton, New Brunswick
Knights of Columbus
Belleville, Ontario
Knights of Columbus
Toronto, Ontario
Knights of Columbus
Alberta- Northwest Territories
Tom Koch
Toronto, Ontario
François Lareau
Ottawa, Ontario
Last Wish Foundation
Don Mills, Ontario
League for Life in Manitoba Inc.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Arthur Paterson Lee
Scarborough, Ontario
Lutheran Church of Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Hubert Marcoux
Laval, Quebec
Carmen McCauley
Chatham, Ontario
Denham Meek
Victoria, British Columbia
John Lawrence-Moore
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Bruno Morawetz
Peterborough, Ontario
Cathleen Morrison
St. George, Ontario
New Brunswick Association For Community Living
Fredericton, New Brunswick
George & Nettie Neudorf
Sardis, British Columbia
Vito Norejko
London, Ontario
Norwich United Church
Norwich, Ontario
J.V. O'Brien
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Palliative Care Association
Ottawa, Ontario
Physicians and Scientists for a Healthy World
Nepean, Ontario
Presbyterian Church of Canada
Don Mills, Ontario
The Providence Hospital
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Pro-Vie Clare
Church Point, Nova Scotia
Thaddeus W. Pruss
Surrey, British Columbia
The Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph
Kingston, Ontario
Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph
Windsor, Ontario
Thaddée Renault
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Joan Renold
White Rock, British Columbia
Marc Richard
St. John, New Brunswick
Teresa Rojas
Victoria, British Columbia
Alex K.H. Rose
Lacombe, Alberta
Teresa Sasseville
Ottawa, Ontario
Izabela Schultz
Vancouver, British Columbia
Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception
Renforth, New Brunswick
Sisters of Providence Continuing Care Centre
Kingston, Ontario
Sisters of St. Martha
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Sisters of St. Martha
Scarborough, Ontario
Julianna Smith
Mississauga, Ontario
Les Soeurs de la Charité de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Jocelyne St-Arnaud
Montreal, Quebec
St. Joseph's College Catholic Bioethics Centre
Edmonton, Alberta
Strathaven Baptist Church
Chatsworth, Ontario
Rev. Dr. George Theckedath
Ottawa, Ontario
Toronto Catholic Doctors Guild
Scarborough, Ontario
Dr. Arnold Voth
Edmonton, Alberta
Attaleen Werner
Willowdale, Ontario
Gregor Wolbring
Calgary, Alberta
Women Alive
Barrie, Ontario
Women For Life, Faith and Family
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Appendix C
Material Received by the Committee
In addition to the many briefs and letters, a number of books, articles, government publications, court decisions and unpublished documents were brought to the attention of the Special Committee.
Books
Baudouin, Jean-Louis and Danielle Blondeau. Ethique de mort et droit à la mort, Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1993.
Bureau, Yvon. Ma mort. Ma dignité. Mes volontés. Le testament biologique. Québec: Éditions du Papillon, 1991.
Crichton, Anne and David Hsu. Canada's Health Care System: Its Funding and Organization, Canadian Hospital Association Press, Ottawa, 1990.
Doyle, Derek, Geoffrey Hanks, and Neil Macdonald, editors. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Oxford University Press, 1993
Fries, J. F. "Reduction of National Morbidity", in Lewis, Steven J. editor, Aging and Health: Linking Research and Public Policy Michigan: Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, 1989.
Gairdner, William. The War Against the Family: A Parent Speaks Out on the Political, Economic and Social Policies That Threaten Us All. Toronto: Stoddart, 1992.
Humphrey, Derek. Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, Oregon: Hemlock Society, 1991.
Jones, Julian. My Dear Son. Florida: Chapman Publishing, 1993.
Kay, Dennis. Laugh, I Thought I'd Die: My Life With ALS Toronto: Viking, 1994.
Les Actes du Premier colloque québécois sur les volontés de fin de vie. Montreal: Centre hospitalier Louis-H. Lafontaine. March 1993.
Sherwin B. Nuland. How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter New York: Knopf, 1994.
Ogden, Russel D. Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and AIDS. Vancouver: Perreault/Goedman Publishing, 1994.
Rodriguez, Sue and Lisa Bernie Hobbs. Uncommon Will: The Death and Life of Sue Rodriguez Toronto: Toronto, 1994.
Seguin, Marilynne A Gentle Death. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994.
Articles
Cummings, Ina. "Hospitals and Health Care Facilities", Journal of Palliative Care, 8:1( 1994) 33-37.
Block, Susan and Andrew Billings. "Patient Requests to Hasten Death: Evaluation and Management in Terminal Care." Arch Intern Med 154 (Sept 1994) 2039-2047.
Bowal, Peter. "A Fearsome Dilemma - Physicians' Role in Suicide in Canada." Law Now (Oct./Nov. 1994) 7-9.
Cleeland, Charles S. et al. "Pain and its treatment in outpatients with metastatic cancer." New England Journal of Medicine 330: 9(March 1994) 592-596.
Delden, Johannes J. M., Loes Pijenborg and Paul J. Van Der Maas. "Reports from the Netherlands: Dances with Data" Bioethics 7: 4 (1991) 323-329.
——-. "Euthanasia and other medical decisions concerning the end of life." The Lancet 338: 8768(September 1991) 669-674.
Diekstra, René. "Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Experiences from the Netherlands" Annals of Medicine 25:(February 1993) 1-9.
Downie, Jocelyn. "Voluntary Euthanasia in Canada" Health Law in Canada 14:1 (1993) 13-30.
Downing, Michael G., Debra L. Braithwaite, and James M. Wilde. "Global Exchange" Journal of Palliative Care 9:4 (1993) 26-32.
Emanuel, Ezekiel J. "Euthanasia: Historical, Ethical and Empiric Perspectives" Arch Intern Med 154:(Sept 1994) 1890-1901.
Falardeau, Maurice. "Les ressources en soins palliatifs et à docimile en 1994: où en sommes-nous?" Le Médecin du Québec (December 1994) 1-3.
Ferrel, Betty R. and Grace E. Dean. " Ethical Issues in Pain Management at Home" Journal of Palliative Care 10:3 (1994).
Fenigsen, Richard. "The Report of the Dutch Governmental Committee on Euthanasia" Issues in Law and Medicine 7: 3(1991) 67-72.
——-. "A Gentle Man Speaks of Fear." Population Research Institute (March/April 1994) 8-11.
Freedman, Benjamin. "The Rodriguez Case: Sticky Questions and Slippery Answers." McGill Law Journal 39 (Oct. 1994) 644-656.
Genuis, Stephen J. "Public attitudes towards the right to die." Canadian Medical Association Journal 150:(March 1994) 701-708.
Gilmour, Joan. "Withholding and Withdrawing Life Support from Adults at Common Law." Osgoode Hall Law Journal 31:(1994) 473-541.
Goldstone, Irene. "Trends in Hospital Utilization in AIDS Care 1987-1991: Implications for Palliative Care." Journal of Palliative Care 8:4(1992) 22-29.
Henteleff, Paul. "We Don't Do That in Palliative Care" Journal of Palliative Care 10:3 (1994) 76-78.
Hughes, David L. and Peter A. Singer. "Family physicians' attitudes toward advance directives" Canadian Medical Association Journal 146: 11(June 1992) 1937-1944.
Jackman, Anne. " 'Solutions in Sciences Outside of the Law' Rodriguez v. British Columbia (A.G.)" Dalhousie Law Journal 17 (Spring 1994) 206-221.
Kelner, Merrijoy, Ivy L. Bourgeault, Philip C. Hébert, and Earl V. Dunn. "Advance Directives: the Views of Health Care Professionals" Canadian Medical Association Journal 148: 8(April 1993) 1331-1338.
Kenis, Yvon. "L'euthanasie active et les médecins: pratiques et opinions" (Active Euthanasia and Doctors: Practice and Opinions" Bulletin de l'Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité 52: 3(1994) 7-19.
Kevorkian, Jack. "A Modern Inquisition." The Humanist (November/December 1994) 7-14.
Kinsella, Douglas and Marja Verhoef. "Alberta Euthanasia Survey: 1. Physicians' opinions about the morality and legalization of active euthanasia" Canadian Medical Association Journal 148: 11 (1993) 1921-1933.
Kohut, Nitsa and Peter A. Singer. "Advance Directives in Family Practice" Canadian Family Physician 39: (May 1993) 1087-1093.
Lamarche, Paul A. La crise des systèmes de santé au Canada 6ème congrès annuel Société canadienne de bioéthique, 25 novembre, 1995.
Latimer, Elizabeth. "Euthanasia: A Physician's Reflections" Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 6: 8(November 1991) 487-491.
——-. "Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Ethical Care of Dying Patients" Canadian Medical Association Journal 151: 8(October 1994) 1133-1136.
——-. "Ethical Decision-Making in the Care of the Dying and Its Applications to Clinical Practice" Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 6: 5(July 1991) 329-336.
——-."The Ethics of Partial Palliative Care" Journal of Palliative Care 10:3 (1994) 107-110.
MacDonald, Neil. "Priorities in education and research in palliative care" Palliative Medicine 7: 1(1993) 6 5-76.
——-. "Ontario Palliative Care Statement: A Template for the Rest of Canada" Canadian Medical Association Journal 148:6 (March 1993).
——-. "Teaching Palliative Care: A Structural Overview." in Roderick D. MacLeod and Chris James eds. Teaching Palliative Care: Issues and Implications.
MacDonald, Neil and John Dosetor. "Ethics of Palliative Care in the Context of Limited Resources: An Essay on the Need for Attitudinal Change" Journal of Palliative Care 10:3 (1994) 39-42.
Marcoux, Hubert. "Le rôle du médecin et l'euthanasie: réflexion médicale" Annals RCPSC 27: 4(June 1994) 225-229.
Meslin, Eric M. and Kara Sutherland. "Advance Directive Policy in Canada: The Impact on Older People and Their Families" in The Remainder of Their Days: Domestic Policy and Older Families in the United States and Canada. Edited by Jon Hendricks and Carolyn Rosenthal. New York & London: 1993, 193-219.
Mount, Balfour M., John F. Scott, Ina Cummings, and Neil MacDonald. "Guest Editorial - Palliative Care - A Passing Fad? Understanding and Responding to the Signs of the Times" Journal of Palliative Care 10:1(1994) 5-7.
Muller, M. T., Gerrit Van der Wal et al. "Voluntary Active Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Dutch Nursing Homes: Are the Requirements for Prudent Practice Properly Met?" Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 42: 6(June 1994) 624-629.
Ogden, Russel. "Palliative Care and Euthanasia: A Continuum of Care?" Journal of Palliative Care 10: 2(1994). 82-85.
——-. "The Right to Die: A Policy Proposal for Euthanasia and Aid in Dying." Canadian Public Policy 20: 1(1994) 1-25.
Otlowski, Margaret. "Mercy Killing Cases in the Australian Criminal Justice System" Criminal Law Journal 17: 1(February 1993)10-39.
Pain Management Newsletter 7: 2(August 1994).
"Physician-Assisted Death." CMA Policy Summary. Canadian Medical Associal Journal 152: 2 (January 1995) 248A-248B.
Piper, Geoff. "Hospice vs. Suicide: The Wrong Debate" The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care (November/December 1994)
Rasooly, Iris et al. "Hospital Policies on Life-Sustaining Treatments and Advance Directives in Canada" Canadian Medical Association Journal 150:8 (April 1994) 1265-1270.
Reinders Maarthen and Peter A. Singer. "Which Advance Directive Do Patients Prefer?" Journal of General Internal Medicine 9: (January 1994) 49-51.
Roe, Donna J. "Palliative Care 2000 - Home Care" Journal of Palliative Care 8:11992 28-32.
Sam, Mehran and Peter A. Singer. "Canadian Outpatients and Advance Directives: Poor Knowledge and Little Experience but Positive Attitudes" Canadian Medical Association Journal 148: 9(May 1993) 1497-1502.
Senn, John. "Writing no-CPR orders: Must resuscitation always be offered?" Canadian Medical Association Journal 151: (October 1994) 1125-8.
Silberfeld, Michel, Carol Nash, and Peter Singer. "Capacity to Complete and Advance Directive" Journal of American Geriatrics Society 41: 10(October 1993) 1141-1143.
Singer, Peter A., "Disease-specific advance directives" The Lancet 344: (August 1994) 594-596.
——— et al. "Advance directives: Are They an Advance?" Canadian Medical Association Journal 146: 2(January 1992) 127-134.
——- and Sujit Choudhry. "Ontario's Proposed Consent Laws: 1. Consent and Capacity, Substitute Decisions, Advance Directives and Emergency Treatment" Canadian Medical Association Journal 146: 6(March 1992) 829-832.
——- and Mark Siegler. "Advancing the Cause of Advance Directives" Arch Intern Med 152: (January 1992) 22-24.
Sheldon, Tony. "Judges make historical ruling on euthanasia." British Journal of Medicine 300: (July 1994) 2 7-8.
Sneiderman, Barney. "Euthanasia in the Netherlands: A Model for Canada?" Humane Medicine 8: 2(April 1992) 104-115.
Somerville, Margaret. "The Song of Death: The Lyrics of Euthanasia." Journal of Contemporary Health and Law Policy 9: 1 (1993) 1-76.
"Sounding Board - Regulating Physician-Assisted Death." New England Journal of Medicine 331: 2(July 1994) 119-123.
Sullivan, Patrick. "Take stand on euthanasia, assisted suicide, MDs tell CMA in survey released during annual meeting." Canadian Medical Association Journal 149: 6(September 1993) 858-859.
Tremayne-Lloyd, Tracey. "Euthanasia: legal implications for physicians in Canada." Canadian Family Physician 40: (May 1994) 1055-1057.
Van der Wal, Gerrit and Robert J. M. Dillmann. "Euthanasia in the Netherlands." British Medical Journal 308: 21(May 1994) 1346-1349
Waldron, Jeremy. "The Edges of Life" Life's Dominion: An Argument about Abortion and Euthanasia by Ronald Dworkin London Review of Books (May 12, 1994) 11-13.
Weinrib, Lorraine Eisenstat. "The Body and the Body Politic: Assisted Suicide under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom" McGill Law Journal 39:(1994) 619-644.
Williams, John, Frederick Lowy, and Douglas Sawyer. "Canadian physicians and euthanasia" Issues 1-5 Canadian Medical Association Journal 148: (1993) 8-12.
Young, Katherine. "A Cross-Cultural Historical Case against Planned Self-Willed Death and Assisted Suicide." McGill Law Journal (Oct. 1994) 657-707.
Government Publications
Alberta Ministry of Health. Palliative Care: A Policy Framework. December 1993.
Alberta Ministry of Health. Palliative Care in Alberta: A Report on Findings of the Public Consultation Process. December 1993.
British Columbia Ministry of Health. Report upon the Inquiry into Options for Dying with Dignity: Social Development Committee. November 1987.
British Columbia Ministry of Health, Continuing Care Division. Death and Dying in Long Term Care Facilities: Operational Guidelines. August 1989.
British Columbia, Ministry of Health. Palliative Care" Report of the Royal Commissioner on Health Care Costs. 1991.
British Columbia, Ministry of Health. Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide February 1994.
Canada, Health and Welfare Canada, Health Services and Promotion Branch. Palliative Care Services: Report of the Subcommittee on Institutional Guidelines - Guidelines for Establishing Standards. 1989.
Canada, Health Canada. Description of Long-Term Care Services in Provinces and Territories of Canada, Health Programs and Services Branch, Health Services Directorate: Federal/Provincial/Territorial Subcommittee on Continuing Care. October 1993.
Canada, Minister of National Health and Welfare. Douleurs Cancéreuses: Une Monographie sur la conduite à tenir vis-à-vis des douleurs, cancéreuses. Rapport du comité consultatif d'experts pour le traitement des algies chroniques intenses chez les cancéreux. Ministère de la Santé nationale et du Bien-être social. 1984.
Great Britain, House of Commons. Bill 207 - Voluntary Euthanasia: A Bill to enable incurably ill patients to ask for euthanasia and for connected purposes. June 1993.
Great Britian, House of Lords. "Lords Rule out Euthanasia." Press Release. February 1994.
Quebec Rapport de la Commission d'enquête sur les services de santé et les services sociaux. (Commission Rochon) on) Quebec: Les publications du Québec, 1988.
The Netherlands, Minister of Justice. Notification Procedure for the Medical Termination of Life on Request and Without Request as Laid Down by Order in Council November 1993.
The Netherlands. Medical Practice with Regard to Euthanasia and Related Medical Decisions in the Netherlands: Result of an Inquiry and the Government View.
New Brunswick Extra-Mural Hospital Corporation. Summary of Operations, 1994.
New Brunswick Extra-Mural Hospital. A Response to the Future, 1994.
New Brunswick Extra-Mural Hospital. Thirteenth Annual Report, 1993-1994 .
Nova Scotia Hospice/Palliative Care Association. Submission to the Nova Scotia Department of Health - Minister's Action Committee on Health System Reform "Blue Print Committee", March 1, 1994.
Nova Scotia Hospice/Palliative Care Association. Submission to the Senate Special Committee On Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide November, 1994.
Nova Scotia Hospice/Palliative Care Association. Presentation to the Senate Special Committee On Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide November, 1994.
Ontario Palliative Care Association. Brief to the Standing Committee on Social Development - Bill 173 - Long-Term Care, Ontario Palliative Care Association, August 16, 1993.
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Palliative Care Association Submission to the Senate Special Committee On Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide 1994.
Prince Edward Island, Island Hospice Association (IHA), PEI Health & Community Services Agency. Challenges and Choices: Community Working Together to Meet the Increasing Demand for Palliative Care Services in PEI Into the Next Decade July 1994.
Court Decisions
Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney-General) 3 SRC (1993) 519.
Nancy B. v. Hôtel-Dieu de Québec et al. 86 D.L.R. (4th) 385
State of Michigan v. Jack Kevorkian "Opinion and Order Concerning the Constitutionality of the Michigan Statute Proscribing Assisted Suicide." December, 1993.
Supreme Court Decision in the Chabot Case. Netherlands. (Dutch only, no English translation.)
Unpublished Documents
Canadian Palliative Care Association. "Palliative Care: Towards a Consensus in Standardized Practice", First Phase Working Document, September 1994.
Canadian Palliative Care Association. "Palliative Care and HIV/AIDS" Ottawa: Canadian Directory of Services, 1994.
Canadian Palliative Care Association. "Submission to the Senate Special Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide" May 1994.
Canadian Palliative Care Association. "The Canadian Palliative Care Directory" 1990.
College of Family Physicians of Canada. "CFPC Proposal for a Blended Funding Mechanism" February 1994.
Cuninghame, Keith. "Euthanasia: Research Paper" Britain - Library of Parliament: Research Branch, June 1993.
Dillmann, Robert J. M. "Euthanasia in the Netherlands: the role of the Dutch medical profession." Maastricht, Netherlands: Euroconference on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide - June 10-11 1994.
Goldstone, Irene L., Robin Cumming et al. "Patterns of Resource Utilization in AIDS Patients Who Died at Home or in Institutional Care." Amsterdam, Netherlands: VIII International Conference on AIDS. July 1992.
Hagen, Neil, John Young and Neil MacDonald. "Adoption and Diffusion of Standards of Care for the Assessment and Management of Cancer Pain." Paper submitted to a Symposium Sponsored by the Advisory Committee on Cancer Control, The National Institute of Canada. April 8-10, 1994.
Keyserlingk, E. W. "'Allowing to Die': Euthanasia, Medically Assisted Suicide." Lecture #8. March 1994.
Kozak, Jean F. NDRA Database Results on the Topic of Euthanasia. November 1994.
Legemaate, Johan. "Legal Aspects of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in the Netherlands 1973-1994." Maastricht, Netherlands: Euroconference on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide - June 10-11 1994.
MacDonald, Neil. "The Canadian Palliative Care Curriculum" Canadian Committee on Palliative Care Education Pamphlet. 1991.
Milton, Neil. "Lessons from Rodriguez v. A.G. Canada" Draft Paper submitted to Issues in Law and Medicine. May 1994.
Nay, Robert L. "Euthanasia in Foreign Countries." Law Library of Congress, May 1994.
Ogden, Russel. "Safeguarding Euthanasia: Legislative Proposals in Canada and in United States" paper prepared for the 46th Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology, November 1994.
R.E.A.C.H. "Death: The Question of Choice" Conference Pamphlet. Resource Educational and Advocacy Centre for the Handicapped. March 11, 1994.
Reform Party of Canada. Preliminary Results of Polling of Constituents regarding Physician Assisted Suicide. Fall, 1994.
Smith, Margaret. "The Rodriguez Case: A Review of the Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Assisted Suicide." Background Paper. Library of Parliament: Research Branch, October, 1993.
Smith, Margaret, Susan Alter and Sandra Harder "Euthanasia and the withdrawal of treatment" Current Issues Bulletin rev. ed. Library of Parliament: Research Branch, October, 1993.
Sneiderman, Barney. "The Rodriguez Case - Where do we go from here - a Multi-Dimensional Approach." University of Manitoba, March, 1994.
Spooner, Jeffery B.A. "Canadian Christian Church Perspectives on Requests for Active Voluntary Euthanasia by Terminally Ill Patients." Masters (Religion) Thesis, Carleton University, April 22, 1992
Tremblay, Linda. "Mourir: Un Droit Fondamental." Thèse. Université Laval, 1990. Université de Montréal. Faculté des études supérieures.
Walker, Kenneth F. "Heroin for Medical Use: Questions and Answers." Presented to the Ontario Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Social Justice. June 1984.