Bill C-7 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

This bill was last introduced in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2021.

This bill was previously introduced in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session.

Sponsor

David Lametti  Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,
(a) repeal the provision that requires a person’s natural death be reasonably foreseeable in order for them to be eligible for medical assistance in dying;
(b) specify that persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness are not eligible for medical assistance in dying;
(c) create two sets of safeguards that must be respected before medical assistance in dying may be provided to a person, the application of which depends on whether the person’s natural death is reasonably foreseeable;
(d) permit medical assistance in dying to be provided to a person who has been found eligible to receive it, whose natural death is reasonably foreseeable and who has lost the capacity to consent before medical assistance in dying is provided, on the basis of a prior agreement they entered into with the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner; and
(e) permit medical assistance in dying to be provided to a person who has lost the capacity to consent to it as a result of the self-administration of a substance that was provided to them under the provisions governing medical assistance in dying in order to cause their own 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.

Votes

March 11, 2021 Passed Motion respecting Senate amendments to Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
March 11, 2021 Failed Motion respecting Senate amendments to Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) (amendment)
March 11, 2021 Passed Motion for closure
Dec. 10, 2020 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
Dec. 3, 2020 Passed Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)
Dec. 3, 2020 Failed Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) (report stage amendment)
Oct. 29, 2020 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 3, 2020

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 5, 2020

  • Stefanie Green, President, Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers
  • Ann Collins, President, Canadian Medical Association
  • Michel Bureau, Chair, Commission on End-of-Life Care
  • Jean-Pierre Ménard, Lawyer, Ménard, Martin, Avocats
  • Serge Gauthier, Neurologist and Professor, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Medicine, McGill University, As an Individual
  • Mona Gupta, Psychiatrist and Associate Professor, Centre de recherche du CHUM, As an Individual
  • Leonie Herx, Palliative Medicine Consultant, As an Individual
  • Tarek Rajji, Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 10, 2020

  • Julie Campbell, Nurse Practitioner, Provincial Care Coordination Service, As an Individual
  • Roger Foley, As an Individual
  • John Sikkema, Legal Counsel, Association for Reformed Political Action Canada
  • Krista Carr, Executive Vice President, Inclusion Canada
  • Ken Berger, Lawyer, As an Individual
  • Catherine Frazee, Professor Emerita, School of Disability Studies, Ryerson University, As an Individual
  • Ewan Goligher, Assistant Professor, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, As an Individual
  • Heidi Janz, Chair, Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee, Council of Canadians with Disabilities
  • Taylor Hyatt, Member, Ending-of-Life Ethics Committee, Council of Canadians with Disabilities
  • Michel Racicot, Lawyer, Living With Dignity
  • Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 12, 2020

  • Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Marc-Olivier Girard
  • Jennifer Gibson, Director and Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, As an Individual
  • Alain Naud, Family Physician and Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Laval University, As an Individual
  • André Rochon, Retired Justice of the Québec Court of Appeal, As an Individual
  • David E. Roberge
  • Michael Villeneuve, Chief Executive Officer , Canadian Nurses Association
  • Anne Boyle, President, Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
  • Harvey Chochinov, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
  • Bonnie Brayton, National Executive Director, DisAbled Women's Network of Canada
  • Catherine Ferrier, President, Physicians’ Alliance against Euthanasia

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 17, 2020

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 19, 2020

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 23, 2020

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on Nov. 24, 2020