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

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

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

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
    • Brief
• Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
  • Dr. Monica Branigan
    • Brief
• Canadian Pharmacists Association
  • Carlo Berardi, Chair
  • Phil Emberley, Director, Professional Affairs
    • Brief
• Canadian Psychiatric Association
  • Dr. K. Sonu Gaind, President
  • Katie Hardy, Director, Professional and Member Affairs

Edited videos

Meeting No. 7
28 January, 2016  | Video | Transcript

• As an individual
  • Hon. Steven Fletcher
• 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
    • Brief
• As individuals
  • Jocelyn Downie, Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine, Dalhousie University
  • David Baker, Lawyer, Bakerlaw
    • Brief
  • Trudo Lemmens, Professor, Faculty of Law & Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
    • Brief

Edited videos