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Minutes of Proceedings

Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying (PDAM)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 10

Tuesday, February 2, 2016, 5:33 p.m. to 8:39 p.m.

Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street

Televised

Presiding

Hon. Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Co-Chair

Robert Oliphant, Co-Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present representing the Senate The Honourable Senators

• Hon. James S. Cowan

• Hon. Serge Joyal

• Hon. Nancy Ruth

• Hon. Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie

• Hon. Judith G. Seidman

Members of the Committee present representing the House of Commons

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Other Members of the House of Commons present

• Harold Albrecht (Conservative)

• Sean Casey (Liberal)

• Garnett Genuis (Conservative)

• Rachael Harder (Conservative)

• Kamal Khera (Liberal)

House of Commons

• Andrea McCaffrey, Procedural Clerk

Library of Parliament

• Julia Nicol, Analyst

• Marlisa Tiedemann, Analyst

Physician-Assisted Dying

As an individual

• Carolyn Ells, Associate Professor, Medicine, Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

• Sharon Baxter, Executive Director

Dying With Dignity Canada

• Dr. Derryck Smith, Chair of Physicians Advisory Council

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia

• Dr. Douglas Grant, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer

• Marjorie Hickey, Legal Counsel

Criminal Lawyers' Association

• Leo Russomanno, Member and Criminal Defence Counsel

Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada

• Dr. Alika Lafontaine, President

Pursuant to the Order of Reference of Friday, December 11, 2015, the Committee resumed its study of physician-assisted dying.

Dr. Derryck Smith, by videoconference from Vancouver, British Columbia, Carolyn Ells and Sharon Baxter made statements and answered questions.

At 7:04 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:10 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Dr. Alika Lafontaine, by videoconference from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Dr. Douglas Grant and Leo Russomanno made statements and answered questions.

At 8:39 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Cynara Corbin,

Shaila Anwar

Clerks of the Committee