Bill C-582 (Historical)

Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted Death

An Act to establish the Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted Death

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Steven Fletcher  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of March 27, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment establishes the Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted Death.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted DeathRoutine Proceedings

March 27th, 2014 / 10:05 a.m.

Conservative

Steven Fletcher Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-582, An Act to establish the Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted Death.

Mr. Speaker, given the profound impact the bill just introduced would have, amending the Criminal Code to allow for physician-assisted death, it is felt that an act to establish the Canadian commission on physician-assisted death would allow for the collection of data such as vital statistics including sex, education, and types of illnesses that would fall under the previous bill. It would also create a commission that could provide suggestions and recommendations to the government or to colleges of physicians and surgeons as time goes on.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)

Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted DeathRoutine Proceedings

March 27th, 2014 / 10:05 a.m.

Conservative

Blake Richards Conservative Wild Rose, AB

Mr. Speaker, I seek the unanimous consent of the House for the following motion. I move that the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be instructed to consider the matter of accusations of the official opposition's improper use of House of Commons resources for partisan purposes and that the Leader of the Opposition be ordered to appear as a witness at a televised meeting of the committee to be held no later than May 16, 2014.

Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted DeathRoutine Proceedings

March 27th, 2014 / 10:05 a.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

Does the hon. member have the unanimous consent of the House to move this motion?

Canadian Commission on Physician-Assisted DeathRoutine Proceedings

March 27th, 2014 / 10:05 a.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.