Category Law & Policy

Strange Equations: Fraud, Harm and Sexual Agency

April 14, 2014 · by · in Law & Policy · 1 Comment

Emily MacKinnon and Constance Crompton argue that the 1998 Supreme Court of Canada decision, R. v. Cuerrier, changed the law of sexual assault to encompass situations of HIV non-disclosure, and that R. v. Hutchinson – a  2014 case in which the accused sabotaged condoms to impregnate his girlfriend – illustrates the problems with the Court’s […]

On Drug Addiction, Harm Reduction and Governing In The Dark

March 27, 2014 · by · in Clinical Ethics, Law & Policy, Public Health · 2 Comments

Scott Findlay argues for evidence-informed decision-making, on the basis of which the federal government should grant the Dr. Peter Centre in Vancouver an exemption to Canada’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act so that clients can continue to receive supervised injection services.

Health Canada and RU-486: No More Foot-Dragging!

March 10, 2014 · by · in Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Melissa Haussman suggests that Health Canada’s recent deliberations on the licensing of RU-486 are reminiscent of foot-dragging politics in the US. 

The Logical Slippery Slope is Neither Slippery Nor Logical

February 19, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · 3 Comments

Reuven Brandt questions the inevitability of slip sliding from physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia to non-voluntary euthanasia.

End of Life Care in Quebec: It’s a New Dawn

February 10, 2014 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy · Leave a comment

Jocelyn Downie clarifies the final draft of Bill 52 as Quebec legislators prepare to vote.

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