MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS — Medical Assistance in Dying
Message from Commons
June 11, 2026
Honourable senators, I have the honour to inform the Senate that a message has been received from the House of Commons which reads as follows:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
EXTRACT, —
That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, a member of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying from the House of Commons may have a dissenting or supplementary opinion appended to its first report by tabling it with the Clerk of the House before July 10, 2026, and that, in such a case, the Clerk of the House shall forward such dissenting or supplementary opinion to the Clerk of the Senate so that it may be deemed to have been tabled in both Houses; that a message be sent to the Senate informing it that this House has adopted this order, and inviting it to adopt provisions to give effect to this order.
ATTEST
Eric Janse
Clerk of the House of Commons
Honourable senators, when shall this message be taken into consideration?
Honourable senators, with leave of the Senate, and notwithstanding rule 5-5(j), I move that the message be taken into consideration now.
Is leave granted, honourable senators?
Hon. Senators: Agreed.