Constituency Referendum #10: Bill C-7, update to the Medical Assistance in Dying Act (2020 Fall)
Resources from the Office of Scott Reid, M.P.:
- Announcement of Constituency Referendum #10 (News release)
- PDF version of Scott Reid’s mail-out — Constituency Referendum #10
- Announcement of Results and Vote on Constituency Referendum #10 (News release)
- Explanation of Scott Reid’s vote against the Government’s response to Senate Amendments (March 2021)
Parliamentary resources:
- Full text of Bill C-7 (as introduced by the government at 1st Reading)
- Assisted Dying in Canada after Carter v. Canada (Library of Parliament, November 29, 2019)
- Committee study of Bill C-7 — House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
- Report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying (presented to the House of Commons on February 25, 2016)
Government of Canada resources:
- News release from the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation)
- Department of Justice – Proposed changes to the Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation
- Department of Justice – Legislative Background to Bill C-7
- Charter Statement on Bill C-7
- First Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, 2019
- What We Heard Report: A Public Consultation on Medical Assistance in Dying
Expert panels:
- Report of the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying (November 30, 2015)
- Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel Report (December 12, 2018)
- IRPP Report: MAiD Legislation at a Crossroads: Persons with Mental Disorders as Their Sole Underlying Medical Condition
Superior Court of Quebec ruling from 2019:
Supreme Court of Canada ruling from 2015:
Websites of some groups supportive of Bill C-7:
- Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
- Canadian Nurses’ Association (CNA)
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
- Dying with Dignity
Websites of some groups opposed to Bill C-7:
- Inclusion Canada (formerly the Canadian Association for Community Living)
- News release re: Bill C-7 (February 28, 2020)
- Position statement on MAID (2019)
- Additional pages on MAID–October 23, 2020 and more information HERE.
- Council of Canadians with Disabilities (October 7, 2020)
- Multi-faith letter, initiated by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka, CM, Ph.D., the Canadian Council of Imams (CCI), The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) and Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Canada.
- Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
- Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Canada
- Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience
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Resources relating to the original MAID legislation, Bill C-14, from Constituency Referendum #7, 2016
Resources from the Office of Scott Reid, M.P. (2016):
- Link to Scott Reid’s information page for Constituency Referendum #7 on Bill C-14 (original bill on Medical Assistance in Dying, 2016)
- PDF version of Scott Reid’s mail-out — Constituency Referendum #7 (2016)
- Results of Constituency Referendum #7 (News Release, 2016)
Parliamentary resources (2016):
- Bill C-14 (as introduced by the government at 1st Reading)
- Report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying (presented to the House of Commons on February 25, 2016)
- Dissenting Report from Conservative members of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying (appended to the Committee’s full report)
- Legislative Summary of Bill C-14 prepared by the Library of Parliament
- House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights — Study of Bill C-14
- Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs — Subject matter study of Bill C-14
Government of Canada resources (2016):
- Department of Justice — Medical Assistance in Dying
- News release from the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Backgrounder from the Office of the Minister of Justice
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