Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
House of Commons, Parliament of Canada (May, 2016)
Witness Presentations, Meetings 12-13
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.
Christian Legal Fellowship
Derek Ross, Executive Director
Jonathan Sikkema, Associate Counsel
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
Richard Marceau, General Counsel and Senior Political
Advisor
Canadian Association for Community Living
Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President
Brief
As an individual
Steven Fletcher
Christian Legal Fellowship
Centre for Israel and Jewish
Affairs
Canadian Association for Community Living
Steven Fletcher
Dying with Dignity Canada
Shanaaz Gokool, Chief Executive Officer
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
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 individuals
Derryck Smith
Carrie Bourassa, Professor, Indigenous Health Studies, First
Nations University of Canada
Brief
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
Wanda Morris, Chief Operating Officer, Vice-President of
Advocacy
Living With Dignity
Michel Racicot, Vice-President
Canadian Nurses Association
Carolyn Pullen, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Strategy
Brief
Physicians' Alliance against Euthanasia
Catherine Ferrier, President
Brief
As an individual
Dianne Pothier,Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Law,
Dalhousie University
Canadian Nurses Association
Dianne Pothier
Physcians' Alliance Against
Euthanasia
Living with Dignity
Canadian Medical Association
Cindy Forbes, President
Jeff Blackmer, Vice-President, Medical Professionalism
Brief
Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses
Maureen Klenk, Past President
Canadian Nurses Protective Society
Elaine Borg, Legal Counsel
Brief
As individuals
Trudo Lemmens, Professor, Scholl Chair, Health Law and
Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Gary Bauslaugh, Free Lance Writer
Jocelyn Downie, Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine,
Dalhousie University
Brief
Jocelyn Downie
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Julia Beazley, Director, Public Policy
Bruce Clemenger, President
Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
Greg DelBigio
Richard Fowler
Canadian Council of Imams
Sikander Hashmi, Spokesperson
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
Jay Cameron, Barrister and Solicitor
Brief