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In a paper from August 2023 authored by a member of the law faculty at the University of British Columbia, Legislated Ableism: Bill C-7 and the Rapid Expansion of MAiD in Canada, the author argues that the expansion of MAID through Bill C-7 conflicts with the Canadian constitution, violating s.7 and s.15, which pertain to equal protection under ...
Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 SCR 497 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The ruling is notable because the court created the Law test, a significant new tool that has since been used by Canadian courts for determining the validity of ...
Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817 is a leading Canadian administrative law decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court provided guidance on the standard of judicial review of administrative decisions. The issue was what standard of procedural fairness should be applied when considering the ...
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Sophia died on February 22, 2022, making use of new legal rights to obtain medical assistance in dying that existed in Canada since March 17, 2021. [1]Rohini Peris, President of the Environmental Health Association of Québec said, after her death: "This person begged for help for years, two years, wrote everywhere, called everywhere, asking for healthy housing."
The move by Canada, reported on Wednesday, is in a bid to curb the flow of asylum seekers, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp earlier said citing a senior official. ... Mexico President issues ...
While investigating Canada's medical assistance in dying law (MAID), Carr speaks to a doctor who carries out such procedures; the doctor talks about the importance of autonomy for applicants and argues that compelling people to continue in "unbearable suffering" is cruel. Carr later points out that MAID has been expanded to include a second ...
The court's criticism reevaluated Bliss v Canada (AG), a pre-Charter Supreme Court case where a pregnant woman was denied employment benefits, was considered as an example of the problems with such an approach. [6] The court further argued the "similarly situated" concept could be used to justify the Nuremberg laws. [6]