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Bill C-62

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Law (royal assent given)
Law

An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2

Bill C-62 has received Royal Assent and is now law. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.

Sponsor:Mark Holland
Session: 44-1
Introduced: 2024-02-01

Other Bills Numbered C-62

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 8 sessions:

44-1

An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2

Law (royal assent given)
Law
42-1

An Act to amend the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act and other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
41-2

An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

Second reading (House)
41-1

An Act to give effect to the Yale First Nation Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Law (royal assent given)
Law
40-2

An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act

Law (royal assent given)
Law
39-2

An Act respecting not-for-profit corporations and certain other corporations

Second reading (House)
39-1

An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005

Second reading (Senate)
38-1

An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Second reading (House)

Division Votes (4)

Division #646
Agreed To
2024-02-15T17:55:46

3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2

272Yea
32Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
142Y / 1N
Conservative
106Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 31N
NDP
20Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 0N
Division #645
Agreed To
2024-02-15T17:45:41

3rd reading and adoption of Bill, (previous question)

281Yea
30Nay
4Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
148Y / 0N
Conservative
108Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 30N
NDP
21Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
1Y / 0N
Division #641
Agreed To
2024-02-14T15:25:00

2nd reading of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2

294Yea
33Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 1N
Conservative
116Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
0Y / 32N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
2Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #640
Negatived
2024-02-14T15:15:00

2nd reading of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2 (reasoned amendment)

33Yea
291Nay
2Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
0Y / 151N
Conservative
0Y / 115N
Bloc Québécois
31Y / 0N
NDP
1Y / 22N
Green Party
0Y / 2N
Independent
1Y / 1N

Parliamentary Debates (71)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-62.

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

…s why Bill C-39 was necessary last year, and why we have found ourselves in the same situation with Bill C-62. Is the parliamentary secretary prepared to accept some responsibility on behalf of his government and issue an apology for setting that arbitrary deadline and getting us into the mess we now find ou…

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

…peaker, I would like to inform the you that I will be splitting my time. Today, we are not debating Bill C-62; we are actually debating Motion No. 34, which is a programming motion to get the bill through the House of Commons. We are having to resort to a tactic that I do not often like to use, but time is f…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-02-12
Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-6…
0

Government Orders

…lly passes. I will give a little background on that. There is a time limit for us to ultimately get Bill C-62 passed in order to fulfill our commitment to the court. Obviously, we want to keep the law validated, appropriately. The motion we have brought forward today would allow for the House, while providin…

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Hon. François-Philippe Champagne2024-02-12
Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-6…
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Government Orders

… of the House: (a) the Standing Committee on Health be instructed to consider the subject matter of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2, upon the adoption of this order, provided that, as part of this study, (i) a minister be ordered to appear bef…

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Hon. Andrew Scheer2024-02-08
Business of the House
0

Oral Questions

…week and into the next week. I will take this opportunity to ask how the government plans to manage Bill C-62. Bill C-62, as members will know, is the response to a court deadline to protect vulnerable people with mental health afflictions. The government has had over a year to deal with this, yet here we fi…

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Hon. Steven MacKinnon2024-02-08
Business of the House
0

Oral Questions

… business of the House, we will continue to have ongoing discussions that would see us dealing with Bill C-62, medical assistance in dying, next week. We are, of course, well aware of the deadlines that are looming. I remind all members of this House that there is a March 17 deadline attached to this very im…

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Mr. Michael Cooper2024-02-07
Criminal Code
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Government Orders

…expansion. What did the Liberals do in response? Once again, they kicked the can down the road with Bill C-62, which is before us. They defied experts, the provinces and territories, and common sense. This bill is basically the same bill we were debating a year ago. Instead of a one-year pause, it provides a…

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Hon. Ya'ara Saks2024-02-07
Criminal Code
0

Government Orders

moved that Bill C-62, an act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to spea…

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-02-07
Criminal Code
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Government Orders

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to be standing in the House today to join debate on Bill C-62. Forgive me if I am feeling a bit of déjà vu right now, because it was precisely one year ago, in February 2023, that the House was in a similar position with the earlier bill, Bill C-39. That bill, …

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-02-07
Presence in Gallery
0

Oral Questions

…ived by the Chair, and when no member wishes to speak on the motion for the second reading stage of Bill C-62, an act to amend the Criminal Code, medical assistance in dying, No. 2, or at midnight, whichever is earlier, the debate on the said motion shall be deemed adjourned, the House shall adjourn until th…

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