Physician-Assisted Dying committee  The way I read that section of the Quebec act, section 31, in the case of a doctor practising in a hospital, it is referred to the executive director of the institution, so the institution is not neutral in that case. We had a witness last night who pleaded to us that institution

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to address my first question to Dr. Stern. Dr. Stern, page 7 of your brief discusses rights of conscience. This issue has been discussed and raised by many witnesses. Yesterday we had the representatives of the churches, and they were wrestli

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I know it's a thesis.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Mr. Chair, I apologize to the two previous witnesses, but I had to stay in the Senate for debates, so I missed the presentations. Of course, I listen carefully to each and every answer given to the questions by my colleagues. Unfortunately, Professor Somerville, I was not here wh

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Okay, so then I feel safer to question you. I thank you for writing, because it's very challenging to read what you write. When I try to wrestle with the concept of “respect for life”, is it not as much a code term, as with different religions filled with different beliefs or di

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Well, I have a different opinion, but I don't think I have the time to express it.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Mr. Chair, I would like to address my question to the Canadian Paediatric Society, and in particular to Ms. Mary Shariff. My question deals with the status of Canadian law in relation to minors in reference to health services. It might be easier for you to comment. I would like

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Those are the four minutes that Senator Seidman gave me.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Okay. Thank you. Did you say, Dr. Grant, that you are a family doctor?

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  We had on Monday a representative from the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Dr. Francine Lemire. You might know her. She answered very specific questions about the obligation of a doctor to provide for a referee when the doctor has a conscientious objection to providing t

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  You don't see any circumstances in relation to physician-assisted death for which a offence can be created that is different from the one that the courts provide now in relation to section 241?

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  In relation to the role of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia, when you conduct inquiries in relation to professional negligence, what makes the distinction between professional negligence, which in some cases might be very important in terms of consequences fo

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  So you have the experience of that kind of co-operation—

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Of course, nobody would want to see that happening. You realize, and I'm sure that you do, we are here in uncharted waters and we want to be sure that the legal system, as it is now, and the professional system provide for the safeguards that would be needed in the case of the i

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you, Chair. This an example of how we are independent in the Senate and non-partisan. Mr. Russomanno, I would like to come back to the definition of a hybrid offence. The Criminal Code contains a certain number of hybrid offences. Could you explain to us, to the members o