Justice committee  We say this is an unusual situation. It's important not to miss that what's happening here is the carving out of an exemption for culpable homicide. Because Parliament is carving out that exemption, we say Parliament can set the parameters with respect to who is instituting MAID

Justice committee  Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for having me here tonight. I'm here on behalf of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which is a non-partisan, non-religious charitable organization. Our emphasis is focusing on the charter rights of Canadians, with a special

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you for the question. I do, absolutely, and there are two components to my answer. I'll be brief. The first problem with advance consent is that if there is an issue of duress in advance, then after the person has become incompetent, you essentially can't figure that out

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you for the question, sir. I can lean on my own experience here to say that there are doctors and there are doctors. Just as there are judges and there are judges, there are doctors and there are doctors, and when you aren't able to find medication or obtain medication fro

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  I think that such a response is effective. I think it's favourable. If it is properly implemented, I think it's the best solution.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Thank you for the question. My position is twofold. First of all, the idea of mature minors is, to a certain extent, oxymoronic. They require litigation guardians for all sorts of civil actions in our society, and we don't trust them to litigate on a number of issues. They're gr

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  If I understand your question correctly, you're referring to the difference between counselling a person to commit suicide and the patient asking for suicide.

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Absolutely, there is a distinction. When people face hardship and extremely difficult circumstances, the suggestion that the best thing to do or that one of the options is to end their life can take roots of its own, I think. Irrespective of the reasoning behind the recommendat

Physician-Assisted Dying committee  Honourable members and honourable Senators, thank you very much for the invitation to be here today. I'll preface my comments this morning with two thoughts. The first is that I'm aware of the difficult decisions that have to be made by patients and families in palliative situat