PDF file: 451-1094_MAiD_4_Response_from_June_8_2026.pdf
OPQ ID: 451-1094
Session: 451
Question number: Q-1094
Sessional paper: 8555-451-1094
Title: MAiD (4) Response from June 8, 2026
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Topic: public health
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Agencies: HC, PSPC, TBS, PCO, FIN, StatCan, JUS, ESDC, ISED, IRCC, CBSA, PS, RCMP, SSC, TC, ECCC, GAC, ISC, NRC, NRCan, DND, VAC
Date asked: 2026-04-21
Date tabled: 2026-06-08
Submitted by: Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley
Reply by: the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada
Responded by: The Honourable Sean Fraser
Pages: 36
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With regard to the government's response to the Concluding Observations on Canada adopted by the United Nations
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on March 18, 2025, and the recommendation for the Government of
Canada to repeal the 2027 expansion of medical assistance in dying to persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness, and with respect to any equality rights analysis of Track 2 medical assistance in dying provisions under section
15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: (a) has the government prepared a formal written response to the
Committee's medical assistance in dying related recommendations, and, if so, what is the date of that response or its expected release date, and, if not, why not;
(b) what interdepartmental or intergovernmental meetings have occurred since March 18,
2025, to consider the medical assistance in dying related recommendations in the Concluding Observations, and, for each meeting, what was the date, which departments or agencies participated, and what decisions, action items, or next steps were recorded;
(c) has the Department of Justice conducted or commissioned any legal analysis of the consistency of Track 2 medical assistance in dying with Articles 10 and 15 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities since March
18, 2025, and, if so, what are the dates, titles, and findings of each;
(d) has the Department of Justice conducted or commissioned any section 15 Charter analysis of the Track 2 medical assistance in dying provisions since the passage of Bill
C-7 in 2021, and, if so, what are the dates, titles, and findings of each, and, if not, why not;
(e) has the Department of Justice or any other federal department or agency produced any internal report, memorandum, briefing note, or evaluation regarding the implications of the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of Canada for the equality rights of persons with disabilities nationally, and, if so, what are the dates and titles of each of those documents; and (f) since March 18, 2025, what consultations, meetings, or correspondence has the government had with disability organizations specifically regarding the medical assistance in dying related recommendations in the Concluding Observations, and, for each, what was the date, which organizations participated, and what follow-up action, if any, was taken?
Response
This response was tabled in the House of Commons on June 8, 2026, as Sessional Paper 8555-451-1094.
Tabled on
June 8, 2026
Sessional Paper
8555-451-1094
House of Commons
Instructions and Template
Instructions dated May 8, 2026
Question: Q-1094
Member: Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley City)
Instructions
These instructions are intended to be used by organizations assigned to produce a response in order to 1) provide a uniform government-wide interpretation of a question; 2) reference relevant government policies or documents; 3) present information in a consistent manner.
Should an organization determine that the Privy Council Office instructions require clarification or additional guidance in order to ensure completeness of the response; the organization is encouraged to notify Privy Council Office.
Period
Parts a), d), e) – As of April 21, 2026.
Part b), c), f) – From March 18, 2025 to April 21, 2026.
All Departments (including Special Operating Agencies) and Agencies – Part e)
Organizations are required to provide a response to part e) regarding the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of
Canada for the equality rights of persons with disabilities nationally.
Health Canada- Parts a), b), f)
Order/Address of the House of Commons
Question number
Q-1094
Asked by
Tamara Jansen (Cloverdale—Langley
City)
Date asked
April 21, 2026
Presented by
Kevin Lamoureux
Parliamentary Secretary to the
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
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Health Canada is required to response to parts a), b) and f) regarding the government's response to the Concluding
Observations on Canada adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the recommendation for the Government of Canada to repeal the 2027 expansion of medical assistance in dying.
Employment and Social Development Canada - Parts b), f)
Employment and Social Development Canada is required to response to parts b) and f) regarding the government's response to the Concluding Observations on Canada adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the recommendation for the Government of Canada to repeal the 2027 expansion of medical assistance in dying.
Justice Canada - Parts b), c), d), f)
Justice Canada is required to response to parts b), c), d), and f) regarding the government's response to the Concluding
Observations on Canada adopted by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the recommendation for the Government of Canada to repeal the 2027 expansion of medical assistance in dying.
Template
Organizations that have information are required to complete the following template.
(e) has the Department of Justice or any other federal department or agency produced any internal report, memorandum, briefing note, or evaluation regarding the implications of the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of Canada for the equality rights of persons with disabilities nationally, and, if so, what are the dates and titles of each of those documents?
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Reply by: the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency
Name of Signatory: The Honourable Sean Fraser
Reply
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
(e) has the Department of Justice or any other federal department or agency produced any internal report, memorandum, briefing note, or evaluation regarding the implications of the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of Canada for the equality rights of persons with date title
disabilities nationally, and, if so, what are the dates and titles of each of those documents?
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has not produced any internal report, memorandum, briefing note or evaluation regarding the implications of the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of Canada for the equality rights of persons with disabilities nationally.
Canada Revenue Agency
Reply by: the Secretary of State (Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions)
Name of Signatory: the Honourable Wayne Long
Reply
Canada Revenue Agency
With respect to the above noted question, what follows is the response from the Canada Revenue Agency as of April 21,
2026 (that is, the date of question).
The Canada Revenue Agency was asked to respond to part (e) of this question.
(e) has the Department of Justice or any other federal department or agency produced any internal report, memorandum, briefing note, or evaluation regarding the implications of the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of Canada for the equality rights of persons with disabilities nationally, and, if so, what are the dates and titles of each of those documents?
The Canada Revenue Agency has not produced any internal report, memorandum, briefing note, or evaluation regarding the implications of the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of Canada.
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Reply by: the Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic
Development Agency
Name of Signatory: Brendan Hanley
Reply
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
(e) has the Department of Justice or any other federal department or agency produced any internal report, memorandum, briefing note, or evaluation regarding the implications of the decision in Truchon v.
Attorney General of Canada for the equality rights of persons with disabilities nationally, and, if so, what are the dates and titles of each of those documents?
The Canadian Northern Economic Develo