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Carol In Your Corner: The Questions we Avoid

September 14, 2015

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” said Benjamin Franklin. While some ...

Federal Government Takes Action on Physician Assisted Dying

August 14, 2015

A lot has happened since CARP hosted an ‘Adult Conversation on Medically Assisted Dying’ - a televised forum that ...

Next step in assisted suicide: Ensuring it can be done humanely

February 11, 2015

The Supreme Court of Canada, in lifting the legal impediments to physician-assisted death, expressed clearly what ...

Four issues surrounding the Supreme Court ruling on assisted death

February 11, 2015

A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that cleared the way for doctors to help competent, grievously ill adults end their ...

The right to Choose is Law; there’s still room for political leadership

February 11, 2015

  The Supreme Court of Canada has pronounced on the quintessential issue of our generation – whether we can ...

Supreme Court to rule soon if assisted suicide is a human right

October 7, 2014

The Globe and Mail has published the following article on the state of right to die legislation in Canada as it ...

Breaking News: Supreme Court Rules on Rasouli Case

October 19, 2013

Doctors can’t end Hassan Rasouli’s life support without consent, Supreme Court rules OTTAWA — The Supreme Court ...

B.C. court upholds ban on assisted suicide as public debate heats up

October 19, 2013

This article was published by The Globe and Mail on October 10th, 2013.  To see this article and other related ...

Rasouli case chance for Supreme Court to put forward guidelines on end-of-life treatment

January 11, 2013

The Supreme Court of Canada heard the case of Toronto patient Hassan Rasouli Monday, which centres on the complex and ...

Mandatory Retirement Issue Goes to Supreme Court

October 4, 2012

The two Air Canada pilots whose Charter challenge helped to spur on the elimination of mandatory employment for all ...