Bill C-314

Historical
Defeated

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Bill C-314 was defeated and did not become law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Ed Fast
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2023-02-10

Other Bills Numbered C-314

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 13 sessions:

44-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

Defeated
43-2

Ukrainian Heritage Month Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
42-1

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualifying period)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
41-2

Breast Density Awareness Act

Second reading (Senate)
41-1

Breast Density Awareness Act

Second reading (Senate)
40-3

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (public transportation workers)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
40-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (public transportation workers)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-2

An Act to amend the Alternative Fuels Act and the Excise Tax Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
39-1

An Act to amend the Alternative Fuels Act and the Excise Tax Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
38-1

An Act to amend the Marine Liability Act (adventure tourism)

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)
37-3

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act

Not active
37-2

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act

Defeated
37-1

Tabling of Treaties Act

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated)

Division Votes (1)

Division #423
Negatived
2023-10-18T15:45:00

2nd reading of Bill C-314, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)

150Yea
167Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
8Y / 136N
Conservative
115Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 30N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
1Y / 1N
Green Party
2Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (38)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-314: the latest 20.

Mr. Arnold Viersen2024-12-12
Petitions

Routine Proceedings

…tion for suffering from mental illness. The petitioners call on the Government of Canada to support Bill C-314 to stop the expansion of medical assistance in dying to those with mental illness.

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Ms. Lianne Rood2024-02-15
Criminal Code

Government Orders

…radical expansion of assisted suicide? Just four months ago, the hon. member for Abbotsford's bill, Bill C-314, was in the House. Conservatives urged the House not to give up on Canadians living with mental illness. Nevertheless, the government voted against the bill, sticking to its original plan, as per Bil…

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Mr. Brad Vis2024-02-15
Criminal Code

Government Orders

… rid of this expansion altogether. In February, my colleague, the hon. member for Abbotsford tabled Bill C-314, which would have cancelled the expansion of MAID to those with mental illness as the sole condition. When the bill came up for a second reading vote in October, most Liberals, along with the Bloc Qu…

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Mr. Tom Kmiec2024-02-15
Criminal Code

Government Orders

…r, we had an opportunity to close the door completely with the bill from the member for Abbotsford, Bill C-314. I think it was a grave mistake of the House not to have voted in favour of it. There would have been no expansion of MAID to those with mental illnesses. The House and future Parliaments could have …

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Mr. Michael Barrett2024-02-15
Criminal Code

Government Orders

… help to those who desperately need it. The hon. member for Abbotsford spoke just before I did. His Bill C-314 would have scrapped doctor-assisted death for those whose sole underlying medical condition was mental illness, but the government rejected that. With respect to the provinces and territories, which …

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Mr. Jeremy Patzer2024-02-13
Criminal Code

Government Orders

…uicide. As the official opposition, we have already started to work on it. Conservatives introduced Bill C-314 to repeal the Liberal plan to offer assisted suicide for mental illness once and for all. However, as expected, last fall, the Liberal government broke ranks with its coalition partner and voted it d…

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Mr. Mike Morrice2024-02-13
Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-6…

Government Orders

…ded for mental illness as the sole underlying condition because this is the next best thing to what Bill C-314 would have done. Bill C-314, which was proposed by the member for Abbotsford, would have avoided this expansion for good. Substantively, in the process we are in right now, this bill has been moving …

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-02-13
Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-6…

Government Orders

…ent to Bill C-7 in the previous Parliament. It is why I voted for the member for Abbotsford's bill, Bill C-314. It is why I agree with the recommendation that came out of the special joint committee. There is more than enough blame to be assigned to the Liberals, but we are dealing with a March 17 deadline. T…

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Mrs. Tracy Gray2024-02-13
Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-6…

Government Orders

…ess is a betrayal. The commitment to help people was evident in Conservative private member’s bill, Bill C-314, which sought to amend the Criminal Code to provide that a mental illness is not a grievous and irremediable medical condition for which a person could receive medical assistance in dying. The bill w…

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Mr. Randall Garrison2024-02-13
Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-6…

Government Orders

… Parliament dealt with that question with the private member's bill from the member for Abbotsford, Bill C-314, so we cannot do that today. We are placed in the awkward position where the Senate added the provision to the original medical assistance in dying legislation, which I think was very ill-advised. Ho…

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-02-12
Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-6…

Government Orders

…d against Bill C-7's amendment that brought this in. We supported the member for Abbotsford's bill, Bill C-314, and we support the majority report. We have never been for the expansion; let us put that on the record. We are at a moment in time this week, with an impending deadline, when we can throw blame at …

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-02-07
Criminal Code

Government Orders

…cific area. I have taken a position on this. The member for Abbotsford, in the fall, had introduced Bill C-314, and I did vote for that, so my vote on this matter is quite clear. I have been informed by the fact that at our committee, there has been a significant amount of professional discomfort expressed by…

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The Deputy Speaker2023-10-18
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-314 under Private Members' Business.

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2023-10-18
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from October 5 consideration of the motion that Bill C-314, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

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Hon. Ed Fast2023-10-17
Justice

Oral Questions

…rwhelmingly oppose this overreach on assisted suicide. Tomorrow, we can end this madness by passing Bill C-314. Will the government give Liberal MPs a free vote? This is for the whip, yes or no?

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Hon. Ed Fast2023-10-05
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…in dying will soon be expanded to include those with mental illness, including depression. My bill, Bill C-314, would reverse this terrible decision. My bill is very narrow and would not repeal the other provisions of Canada's medical assistance in dying laws. There is no national consensus on expanding MAID …

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Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie2023-10-05
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…lleague, whose personal accounts were very moving. Our hearts go out to Anton's family. As we know, Bill C-314 amends the Criminal Code to provide that a mental disorder is not a grievous and irremediable medical condition for which a person could receive medical assistance in dying. The Bloc Québécois suppor…

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Mr. Len Webber2023-10-05
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak to Bill C-314, an act that would amend the Criminal Code in regard to medical assistance in dying. This enactment would amend the Criminal Code to provide that a mental disorder is not a grievous and irremediable …

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Mr. Don Davies2023-10-05
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…that persons suffering solely from a mental illness will be eligible for MAID as of March 17, 2024. Bill C-314, the bill before the House today, would remove this eligibility at least until we have satisfactory answers and guardrails to ensure that we can extend this profoundly permanent step with confidence.…

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Ms. Monique Pauzé2023-10-05
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…position's blatant politicization of this issue. Everything looks normal, or almost, when one reads Bill C-314 objectively, but it is the whole message surrounding the introduction of this bill in the House that I want to condemn. I would like to be able to say that some members just do not understand, but I …

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