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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 (No. 58)

Report Stage of Bills

Bill C-14

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 -- Motions Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12 to 14 and 16.

Statement and selection by Speaker — see Debates of May 17, 2016.

Resuming Debate

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 3 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 4 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived. Its vote also applies to Motion No. 9.

Motion No. 6 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 7 -- Question put only if Motion No. 6 is negatived.

Motion No. 12 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 13 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 14 -- Question put only if Motion No. 1 is negatived.

Motion No. 16 -- Question put separately.

Motion No. 1 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Motion No. 3 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by adding after line 5 on page 6 the following:

“(f) prior to making the request, they consulted a medical practitioner regarding palliative care options and were informed of the full range of options.”

Motion No. 4 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by adding after line 5 on page 6 the following:

“(f) they have, if they suffer from an underlying mental health condition, undergone a psychiatric examination performed by a certified psychiatrist to confirm their capacity to give informed consent to receive medical assistance in dying.”

Motion No. 6 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by deleting lines 17 to 21 on page 6.

Motion No. 7 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing lines 17 to 21 on page 6 with the following:

“(d) their imminent natural death has become foreseeable, taking into account all of their medical circumstances.”

Motion No. 9 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by adding after line 26 on page 6 the following:

“(a.1) with regard to paragraph (1)(f), have obtained from the certified psychiatrist a written and signed report following the examination confirming that the person is capable of giving informed consent;”

Motion No. 12 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by adding after line 30 on page 7 the following:

“(3.1) As it relates to medical assistance in dying, no medical practitioner or nurse practitioner may administer a substance to a person if they and the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner referred to in paragraph (3)(e) concur that the person is capable of self-administering the substance.”

Motion No. 13 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by adding after line 30 on page 7 the following:

“(3.1) The medical practitioner or nurse practitioner shall not provide a person with assistance in dying if the criteria in subsection (1) and the safeguards in subsection (3) have not been reviewed and verified in advance

(a) by a competent legal authority designated by the province for that purpose; or

(b) if no designation is made under paragraph (a), by a legal authority designated by the Minister of Health in conjunction with the Minister of Justice for that purpose.

(3.2) The designation referred to in paragraph (3.1)(b) ceases to have effect if the province notifies the Minister of Justice that a designation has been made under paragraph (3.1)(a).”

Motion No. 14 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 3, be amended by adding after line 26 on page 8 the following:

“(7.1) It is recognized that the medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, pharmacist or other health care institution care provider, or any such institution, is free to refuse to provide direct or indirect medical assistance in dying.

(7.2) No medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, pharmacist or other healthcare institution care provider, or any such institution, shall be deprived of any benefit, or be subject to any obligation or sanction, under any law of the Parliament of Canada solely by reason of their exercise, in respect of medical assistance in dying, of the freedom of conscience and religion guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the expression of their beliefs in respect of medical assistance in dying based on that guaranteed freedom.”

Motion No. 16 — May 17, 2016 — , seconded by , — That Bill C-14, in Clause 9.1, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 13 with the following:

“Health, no later than 45 days after the day”