If you’ve read a newspaper in the past two months, you’ll know that Canada’s right-to-die debate has come back to life. Leading the revival is B.C. resident Gloria Taylor, a 63-year-old grandmother—and reported motorcycle enthusiast—who was diagnosed with ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease) in 2009. As is often the case for people suffering from this [...]

The Supreme Court’s Engagement with s. 2(a) The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent ruling in Alberta v. Hutterian Brethren of Wilson Colony, 2009 SCC 37, has already inspired much critical commentary, both in the mainstream media and on TheCourt.ca because of its atypically distressing outcome for rights claimants and dubious appraisal in a popular newspaper. [...]