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The Canada Disability Benefit Act and Women with Disabilities: Pursuing Disability Equality and Reducing Administrative Violence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Jacobs, Laverne. "The Canada Disability Benefit Act and Women with Disabilities: Pursuing Disability Equality and Reducing Administrative Violence." Osgoode Hall Law Journal 61.2 (2024) : 597-625. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.4021 https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol61/iss2/11 1.
Disabled Pedestrians, Micromobility, and Furthering Disability Equality Law through Consultation: A Case Study of the Toronto E-Scooter Ban
1. Introduction As a city grows, so too does the traffic. With it comes congestion, pollution, transportation costs, and consequently, a search for alternative means to get from point A to point B. This phenomenon has occurred in the growing population and infrastructure of many cities in Ontario, Canada. In response, the Province of Ontario has looked to micromobility—vehicles similar in size to bicycles and with low-speed thresholds—to reduce the use and impact of motor vehicles.
Aide médicale à mourir: voici pourquoi il faut aller en appel
Les gouvernements fédéral et du Québec semblent réticents à en appeler de la décision Truchon, qui a invalidé les critères d'accès du fédéral à l'aide médicale à mourir, soit la « mort naturelle raisonnablement prévisible » et la « fin de vie ». La cause a été portée par Nicole Gladu et Jean Truchon, deux citoyens du Québec qui souffrent chacun d'un handicap qui limite leur capacité à accomplir leurs tâches quotidiennes.
Il faut aller en appel du jugement sur l'aide médicale à mourir, croit un chercheur
Les gouvernements fédéral et du Québec semblent réticents à en appeler de la décision Truchon, qui a invalidé les critères d'accès du fédéral à l'aide médicale à mourir, soit la « mort naturelle raisonnablement prévisible » et la « fin de vie ». La cause a été portée par Nicole Gladu et Jean Truchon, deux citoyens du Québec qui souffrent chacun d'un handicap qui limite leur capacité à accomplir leurs tâches quotidiennes.
The latest medical assistance in dying decision needs to be appealed: Here's why
The federal and Québec governments appear reluctant to appeal what’s known as the Truchon decision, which invalidated Canada’s “reasonable foreseeable death” and Québec’s “end of life” access criteria for medical assistance in dying. The case was brought by Nicole Gladu and Jean Truchon, two Québec residents who each have physical disabilities that severely restrict their ability to complete daily tasks, remove or reduce significantly their mobility and cause intolerable pain.
SNC-Lavalin & the need for fresh thinking around independence and interference
Was former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould’s decision-making on Québec’s SNC-Lavalin subjected to inappropriate interference? Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary, was insistent the Prime Minister’s Office did not exert any undue pressure on Wilson-Raybould during his testimony to a House of Commons justice committee. The prime minister, meantime, says he was unaware she ever felt pressured.
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