Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Dying
Parliament of Canada (January-February, 2016)

Witness Presentations, Meetings 8-12

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. 8
1 February, 2016  | Video | Transcript

• British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
  • Josh Paterson, Executive Director
  • Grace Pastine, Litigation Director
• Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
  • Jay Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor
    • Brief
• Dying With Dignity Canada
  • Wanda Morris, Chief Executive Officer
  • Shanaaz Gokool, Chief Operating Officer and National Campaigns Director
• College of Family Physicians of Canada
  • Dr. Francine Lemire, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
• Alzheimer Society of Canada
  • Mimi Lowi-Young, Chief Executive Officer
  • Debbie Benczkowski, Chief Operating Officer

Edited videos

Meeting No. 9
1 February, 2016  | Video | Transcript

• Canadian Cancer Society
  • Gabriel Miller, Director, Public Issues
  • Kelly Masotti, Assistant Director, Public Issues
• First Nations University of Canada
  • Carrie Bourassa, Professor, Indigenous Health Studies

Edited videos

Meeting No. 10
2 February, 2016 | Video | Transcript

• 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
  • 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

Edited videos

Meeting No. 11
3 February, 2016 | Video | Transcript

• Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience
  • Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop, Archdiocese of Toronto
  • Laurence Worthen, Executive Director, Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada
• Canadian Unitarian Council
  • Vyda Ng, Executive Director
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Dr. Tarek Rajji, Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Kristin Taylor, Vice-President, Legal Services 
• Canadian Paediatric Society
• Dr. Dawn Davies, Chair, Bioethics Committee
• Mary J Shariff, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean Academic, University of Manitoba
  • Brief
• Canadian Council of Imams
  • Imam Sikander Hashmi, Spokesperson

Edited videos

Meeting No 12
4 February, 2016  | Video | Transcript

• DisAbled Women's Network of Canada
  • Carmela Hutchison, President
• Alliance of People with Disabilities Who Are Supportive of Legal Assisted Dying Society
  • Margaret Birrell, President
  • Angus M. Gunn, Counsel
• As an individual
  • Margaret Somerville, Professor, McGill University
• The Canadian Medical Protective Association
  • Dr. Hartley Stern, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
    • Brief (Text)  (Comparative Chart)
• Canadian Association for Community Living
  • Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President
• As an individual
  • Gerald Chipeur, Lawyer
• Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
  • Dr. John Soles, President

Edited videos