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Service, not Servitude

Service, not Servitude

Witness Presentations, Meetings 10-11

Meetings

Witnesses were heard during 10 Committee meetings.  Witness lists and links to full videos and transcripts of the meetings are provided below.  In addition, edited videos showing discussion relevant to freedom of conscience are provided for each meeting.

Parliament Hill

Meeting No. 10:  2 May, 2016
Full VideoFull Transcript

Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Hon. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health


Department of Justice

William F. Pentney, Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada

Donald K. Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector

Laurie Wright, Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Law Sector

Jeanette Ettel, Senior Counsel, Human Rights Law Section

Joanne Klineberg, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section


Department of Health

Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister

Abby Hoffman, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy Branch

Helen McElroy, Director General, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Strategic Polic Branch

Sharon Harper, Manager, Chronic and Continuing Care Division


Minister of Justice and Attorney General
(Edited Video Transcript)
Minister of Health
(Edited Video Transcript)

Deputy Minister of Justice
(Edited Video Transcript)
Canadian Psychological Association

Dr. Karen R. Cohen, Chief Executive Officer

Brief

College of Family Physicians of Canada

Dr. Francine Lemire, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer


(Edited Video Transcript)
Canadian Pharmacists Association

Philip Emberley, Director, Professional Affairs

As an individual

Dr. Will Johnston, Chair, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of British Columbia

Brief

Barreau du Québec

Giuseppe Battista, President, Committee on Criminal Law

Jean-Pierre Ménard, Member, Working Group on End of Life Care

Marc Sauvé, Director, Research and Legislation Services

Brief

End of Life Planning Canada

Nino Sekopet, Client Services Manager

Francoise Hebert, Chair

Brief


Meeting No. 11:  3 May, 2016
Full Video | Full Transcript
Canadian Association of Social Workers

Sally Guy, Social Worker and Policy Analyst

Brief

Quebec Association for the Right to Die with Dignity

Dr. Georges L'Espérance

Dr. Nacia Faure, Former Endocrinologist and Palliative Care Doctor

Brief

As an individual

Theo Boer, Professor, Ethics

Canadian Medical Protective Association

Hartley Stern, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Brief


Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians

Dr. Monica Branigan, Chair, Working Group on Hastened Death

Brief


Canadian Medical Protective Association
(Edited Video Transcript)
Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians
(Edited Video Transcript)
As individuals

Juliet Guichon, Assistant Professor, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine


Dr. Ian Mitchell, Paediatrician and Professor, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine