Justice committee  We're here today because of Sue Rodriguez. She set the climate in Canada for this whole issue to be explored, as well as some other people who came after her. I think it would be a terrible outcome if the legislation that results from all these years of effort would have excluded

Justice committee  I can briefly talk about a case that I find very compelling. The cases are listed chronologically in the book. In 1994, in Stoney Creek, a couple named Cecil and Jean Brush had been happily married for 58 years. He turned 81 in 1994 and was extremely sick with many ailments and

Justice committee  There's no reference to that in the Carter decision. It was added at the end of this bill, and I would take it out of the final clause.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members, for having me speak to you today. I'm going to speak about an issue that could potentially affect the lives of thousands of Canadians. I'll be speaking specifically about the reasonably foreseeable clause and taking the position that was mention