Reading Time: 14 minutes The dynamics of inducement are at the heart of disability rights groups’ urgent calls for a cautious approach to medically-assisted death
Tag: Law
Why U.S. doctors are calling for Canadian-style medicare
Reading Time: 3 minutes And why a B.C. court case challenging our single-payer health system threatens to ramp up Canadian costs and decrease accessibility of care
Why New Brunswick still won’t allow cross-border booze buying
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even in the face of a clear court ruling, the province seems intent on standing in the way of free trade
The slippery slope of physician-assisted suicide
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Supreme Court Carter decision normalized suicide, turned it into a medical treatment and trivialized life
Why we need a made-in-Canada approach to assisted suicide
Reading Time: 3 minutes As Canadians weigh in on Bill C-14, some will say it has gone far enough. Others will insist it must go further
Release of Panama Papers a clear warning to the elites
Reading Time: 4 minutes What was a perfectly legal tax strategy could soon position the elites as tax dodging enemies of the people
Advanced directives for assisted-dying a dangerous step
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ‘quick and efficient’ decision of the parliamentary committee on assisted dying not in the best interest of the patient
Courtroom is no place for sexual assault cases
Reading Time: 4 minutes Is the Jian Gomeshi verdict the final indictment of an antiquated patriarchal system that fails to protect women from harm?
Why can’t there be a law against creepy guys?
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s a part of me that would like to see a law against creepy guys, even though I know it’s asking too much of our legal system
Rule of law is a cornerstone of our society
Reading Time: 3 minutes Marie Henein’s defence of Jian Ghomeshi shows us why due process is necessary