Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia are both covered by the Carter decision. An example of assisted suicide would be the case of a patient who is prescribed life-ending medication by a doctor and then that patient self-administers the medication. In some situations an indiv

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I agree with what Ms. Morris and Mr. Paterson have said. I mean, it's in those situations of a person no longer having capacity that you would need to have a provision that a patient can provide advance consent. A patient can always override a previous decision. If they have end

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  As you say, we see physician-assisted dying as part and parcel of compassionate end-of-life care. Our position is that it should be treated no differently from withdrawing or withholding treatment or providing palliative sedation. If a patient—for example, an individual who is s

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I think it would be open to you, and we would, in fact, recommend that if your interest is making advance directives in the area of physician-assisted dying available to patients, that you explicitly set that out in federal legislation, because that would modify the consent requi

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you for your question. Absolutely the Supreme Court of Canada's decision mandates assisted suicide and euthanasia. Our position is that it's absolutely inconceivable that the court's decision could be interpreted in any other way.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Our position is not that the Supreme Court of Canada has made any pronouncements on the availability of physician-assisted dying for mature minors. It has not. It has in previous situations reflected on and ruled on the ability of mature minors to make health care decisions. Th

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Honourable senators and members of Parliament, thank you for the opportunity to come before you today. The BC Civil Liberties Association is the organization responsible for sponsoring and litigating the landmark Carter case. We fought that case on behalf of all Canadians who n