British Columbia Court of Appeal
Notes from Carter v. Attorney General of
Canada
On appeal from 2012 BCSC 886.
18-22 March, 2013
British Columbia Court of
Appeal
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Introduction:
The Government of Canada appealed the decision of Madame
Justice Smith in
Carter v. Canada, by which the criminal
prohibition of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia was
struck down in June, 2012. The appeal was heard by a
panel of three judges of the British Columbia Court of
Appeal in March, 2013. The hearing was webcast in a
pilot project, and the videos of the hearing are available
at the
British Columbia
Court of Appeal Webcast Pilot Project.
For the convenience of researchers, what follows are
notes and transcriptions made from the videos
that concern parts of the argument or discussion
particularly relevant to freedom of conscience issues.
Readers can locate the corresponding section of the
videos on the BC Court of Appeal
Webcast
Pilot Project by referring to the time stamps.
Judges
- Chief Justice Lance Finch
- Madame Justice Newbury
- Madame Justice Saunders
-
Donnaree Nygard (Attorney General of Canada)
-
Donnaree Nygard (Attorney General of Canada)
-
Intervenors
supporting the appellant
- Hugh Scher
- Gerald Chipeur
- Geoffrey Trotter
- David Baker