In 1992, Sue Rodriguez forced the right-to-die debate into the spotlight in Canada. In a video statement played to members of Parliament, the Victoria woman, diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in 1991, asked legislators to change the law banning assisted…
An article published in the Washington Law Review, Vol. 86 (Blindsight: How we see disabilities in tort litigation), raises several interesting questions regarding the impact of personal injury litigation on the parties involved in these cases. For the most part,…
Steve Brown remembers what he calls the fateful day more than three years ago when he had “the fateful sandwich.” Initially, he was OK — and then the headaches started. “It felt like somebody was inside with their feet up…
DAVOS, Switzerland – The federal government is poised to transform immigration, pensions and research and development policy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today. In a major speech to global movers and shakers at the World Economic Forum, he said the…
A mother charged with killing three of her daughters and the first wife in her polygamous marriage accused prosecutors of making up stories and criticized authorities for jailing a “respectable family,” during her last day of cross-examination. (…) During testimony…
In recent weeks, media attention has focused on the US republican primary elections. In some states, the wining candidate has won by a mere handful of votes. Thus clearly, every single vote does count. A recent article in The Economist…
The special prosecutor handling the alleged criminal offences in Bountiful, B.C., has resigned. In a written statement, Attorney General Shirley Bond said Richard Peck is taking himself off the job. “I have been informed by the assistant deputy attorney general…
Weapons-grade uranium is quietly being transported within Canada, and into the United States, in shipments the country’s nuclear watchdog wants to keep cloaked in secrecy. A confidential federal memo obtained through the Access to Information Act says at least one…
The Tory crime bill will hand the Immigration Minister a mandate to reject visas for foreign workers considered vulnerable, which immigration lawyers say could add moral and political ambiguity to decisions on who is allowed into the country. The Conservatives…
Recently, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released an audit report examining the state of privacy and aviation security in Canada. The audit focused on the information management practice of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA).…