David Lametti

Which it, I mean, it might sound like just a little word, but there's a distinction there.

If the government believes this is a right, the previous Liberal government under Justin Trudeau, Justice Minister David Lametti believed all of this as a right, and that's what was informing the government at this ti- that time.

It's not clear to me that this iteration of the Liberal government takes the same view of medical assistance in dying.

The Conservatives, uh, Party ha- has generally opposed, uh, expanding MAID.

Yeah, I, you know, I, I hear what Laura's saying about how, you know, this is a new government and everything, but I have to ...

I, I would, uh, you know, guess that if Justice Lametti, or sorry, if David Lametti was still justice minister, that perhaps his comments about autonomy and freedom of choice might continue.

Uh, and I don't know that they would've walked it back, uh, were he still in, in office.

So, um-

And then, of course, Jonathan Wilkinson, the former cabinet minister, is the ambassador at the European Union.

David Lametti, another former principal secretary, [chuckles] is Canada's ambassador at the UN.

And so Pitfield is a bit of the latest in a trend, but I-- a lot of people in the Senate, and I'm spending a lot of time there this week, are asking, "Okay, Pitfield's here.

Now what?" And there are 12 vacancies to fill in that chamber.

And it was interesting.

I, I was in, uh, New York City, uh, in July, and I was meeting with the Canadian permanent representative to the UN, David Lametti.

Well, first of all, he jumped up and greeted me because we go back to his days at McGill when he was the Dean of, uh, law.

At that time, his area of expertise is copyright.

Is the fact that they were there that night, is that a complicating factor or a factor that increased the time it took government to respond or no?

I think that's part of it the fact that as well at that time there had been a number of issues around you know people I understand there had been a number of deaths in the area and there was an attempt to try and hold someone responsible there was strong political pressure on the police as well all of these measures the fact that oftentimes particularly Indigenous women who have histories of past abuse and that's 90% of those in federal custody often are trained right from being very young to believe that they are somehow responsible for their own victimization as well and the fact that that was part of this issue and in fact it's the subject of a report that we put together after Justice Laforme and Justice Westmoreland-Traore looked at this issue for then Minister Lametti and made recommendations that these sorts of cases be able to be reopened in situations where as when the when bill C 40 the new miscarriage of justice review Commission act was passed.

The then Minister talked about the fact that fresh evidence should include updated understandings of social context intersection analysis so things like the impact of of past histories of abuse.

Things like the way sexual assault and violence against women has been seen historically.

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be at the UN looking to bolster relations with international allies and, as always, diversify trade.

David Lametti is Canada's ambassador to the UN.

We have organized bilateral meetings for the Prime Minister, for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Anand.

Both of them will meet their counterparts.

And he's going to miss his slot when he's supposed to open that summit.

Instead, the Canadian ambassador to the UN David Lametti is going to be giving a speech for him.

But as for any conversation tomorrow with U.S. President Donald Trump, it still remains to be seen if they're going to have any opportunity to chat.

All right.