Proceedings of the Subcommittee to
Update "Of Life and Death"
Second Session Thirty-sixth Parliament, 1999-2000
Chair: The Honourable SHARON CARSTAIRS
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
Tuesday, February 8, 2000
Monday, February 14, 2000
Issue No. 1
Organization meeting Future business and first meeting on: Examination of the developments since the tabling in June 1995 of the final report of the Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, entitled "Of Life and Death"
WITNESSES:
From Dalhousie University:
Professor Jocelyn Downie, Health Law Institute.
From the Univesity of Manitoba:
Professor Barney Sneiderman, Faculty of Law.
MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE
The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, Chair
The Honourable Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Boudreau, P.C. (or Hays), Corbin, Keon, *Lynch-Staunton (or Kinsella), Pépin
* Ex Officio Members
(Quorum 3)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The name of the Honourable Senator Corbin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kirby (February 14, 2000).
The name of the Honourable Senator Beaudoin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Robertson (February 14, 2000).
The name of the Honourable Senator Kirby substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. (February 8, 2000).
The name of the Honourable Senator Robertson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Beaudoin (February 8, 2000).
The name of the Honourable Senator Beaudoin substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Robertson (February 7, 2000).
The name of the Honourable Senator Robichaud, P.C. substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Kirby (February 7, 2000).
The name of the Honourable Senator Robertson substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Beaudoin (November 30, 1999).