Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Dying
Parliament of Canada (January-February, 2016)
Witness Presentations, Meetings 2-7
Meetings
Witnesses were heard during 10 Committee meetings. Witness
lists and links to full videos and transcripts of the meetings are
provided below. In addition, edited videos showing discussion
relevant to freedom of conscience are provided under each meeting.
Meeting No. 2
18 January, 2016 |
Video |
Transcript
- Department of Justice
- Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy
Section
- Jeanette Ettel, Counsel, Human Rights Law Section
Edited videos
Department of Justice
Joanne Klineberg
Meeting No. 3
25 January, 2016 |
Video |
Transcript
- Department of Health
- Abby Hoffman, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy
- Sharon Harper, Manager, Chronic and Continuing Care Division
- As an individual
- Peter Hogg, Scholar in Residence, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
- Barreau
du Québec
- Marc Sauvé, Director, Research and Legislation Services
- Jean-Pierre Ménard, Lawyer
Edited videos
Department of Health
Abby Hoffman
Appearing as an Individual
Peter Hogg
Meeting No. 5
26 January, 2016 |
Video |
Transcript
- External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to
Carter v. Canada
- Benoît Pelletier, Member, External Panel
- Stephen Mihorean, Executive Director, Secretariat
- Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on
Physician-Assisted Dying
- Jennifer Gibson, Co-Chair
- Maureen Taylor, Co-Chair
Edited videos
Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group
Jennifer
Gibson, Maureen Taylor
Meeting No. 6
27 January, 2016 |
Video |
Transcript
- Canadian Medical Association
- Dr. Cindy Forbes, President
- Dr. Jeff
Blackmer, Vice-President, Medical Professionalism
- Canadian Nurses
Association
- Anne Sutherland Boal, Chief Executive Officer
- Josette Roussel,
Senior Nurse Advisor
- Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
- Canadian Pharmacists Association
- Carlo Berardi, Chair
- Phil
Emberley, Director, Professional Affairs
- Canadian Psychiatric
Association
- Dr. K. Sonu Gaind, President
- Katie Hardy, Director,
Professional and Member Affairs
Edited videos
Canadian Medical Association
Dr. Cindy Forbes, Dr. Jeff Blackmer
Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
Dr. Monica Branigan
Canadian Pharmacists' Association
Carlo Berardi, Phil Emberley
Canadian Psychiatric Association
Dr. K. Sonu Gaind
Meeting No. 7
28 January, 2016 |
Video |
Transcript
- As an individual
- Council of Canadians with Disabilities
- Dean Richert, Co-Chair, Ending of Life Ethics Committee
- Rhonda Wiebe, Co-Chair, Ending of Life Ethics Committee
- Dying With Dignity Canada
- Linda Jarrett, Member, Disability Advisory Council
- As individuals
- Jocelyn Downie, Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine,
Dalhousie University
- David Baker, Lawyer, Bakerlaw
- Trudo Lemmens, Professor, Faculty of Law & Dalla Lana School of
Public Health, University of Toronto
Edited videos
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Dean Richert
Dying with Dignity Canada
Linda Jarrett
Appearing as an Individual
Professor Jocelyn Downie