Justice committee  There's a big difference because we're talking about a Criminal Code exemption to culpable homicide or assisted suicide. To withdraw treatment, as you heard earlier from the last panel, we're talking about situations where medicine has exhausted its ability to heal, to comfort, t

Justice committee  Well, that's not the only point of a judicial oversight. One of the points would be consent, yes. There are a whole lot of other reasons why many people are suggesting that judicial oversight should continue, or some sort of prior review, whether it's judicial oversight or not.

Justice committee  I would. We've consistently used the language of “euthanasia” and “assisted suicide”, because that is what we're talking about, and we think it's important that people understand what we're talking about. I started using the language of “physician-hastened death” in response to

Justice committee  We are very concerned about the impact going down this road will have on suicide prevention efforts, on attitudes toward suicide, and on rates of suicide generally. In the long term, we believe this will impact the way Canadians understand suffering and the way they respond to it