Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (May, 2016)
Witness Presentations
Meetings 12-13
Witnesses were heard during five Committee meetings. Witness
lists and links to full videos of the meetings are
provided below.
Edited videos showing discussion
relevant to freedom of conscience are provided for each meeting.
- Dying with Dignity Canada
- Shanaaz Gokool, Chief Executive Officer
- Christian Legal Fellowship
- Derek Ross, Executive Director
- Jonathan Sikkema, Associate Counsel
- Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience
- Laurence Worthen, Executive Director, Christian Medical and
Dental Society of Canada
- Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop, Archdiocese of Toronto
-
Brief
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- Cara Zwibel, Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program
- As an individual
- Carrie Bourassa, Professor, Indigenous Health Studies, First
Nations University of Canada
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Brief
- Alliance of People with Disabilities Who Are Supportive
of Assisted Dying Society
- Margaret Birrell, Board Member
- Angus M. Gunn, Counsel
- Communication Disablities Access Canada
- Hazel Self, Chair, Board of Directors
-
Brief
- Association for Reformed Political Action
- André Schutten, Legal Counsel
- James Schutten
- Pieter Harsevoort
-
Brief
- Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
- Amy Hasbrouck, Vice-President
- Hugh Scher, Legal Counsel
-
Brief
- As an individual
- Canadian Association for Community Living
- Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President
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Brief
- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
- Richard Marceau, General Counsel and Senior Political
Advisor
- As an individual
Christian Legal Fellowship
Centre for Israel and Jewish
Affairs
Canadian Association for Community Living
Steven Fletcher
Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience
- Canadian Association of Retired Persons
- Wanda Morris, Chief Operating Officer, Vice-President of
Advocacy
- Living With Dignity
- Michel Racicot, Vice-President
- Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia
- Catherine Ferrier, President
- Canadian Medical Association
- Cindy Forbes, President
- Jeff Blackmer, Vice-President, Medical Professionalism
- Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses
- Maureen Klenk, Past President
- Canadian Nurses Association
- Carolyn Pullen, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Strategy
- Canadian Nurses Protective Society
- Elaine Borg, Legal Counsel
- As individuals
- Dianne Pothier, Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Law,
Dalhousie University
- Trudo Lemmens, Professor, Scholl Chair, Health Law and
Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Edited Videos
Canadian Nurses Association
Dianne Pothier
Physcians' Alliance Against
Euthanasia
Living with Dignity
Canadian Medical Association
- Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
- Julia Beazley, Director, Public Policy
- Bruce Clemenger, President
- Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
- Greg DelBigio
- Richard Fowler
- As an individual
- Gary Bauslaugh, Free Lance Writer
- As an individual
- Jocelyn Downie, Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine,
Dalhousie University
Edited Videos
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
- Canadian Council of Imams
- Sikander Hashmi, Spokesperson
- Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
- Jay Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor
-
Brief
Canadian Council of Imams
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms