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Draft Provincial/Territorial Legislation To Implement A Regulatory Framework For Medically-Assisted Dying Consistent With Carter V. Canada (Attorney General) 2015 Scc 5 And The Final Report Of The Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group On Physician-Assisted Dying, Jocelyn Downie
Reports & Public Policy Documents
On February 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously declared that the Criminal Code prohibitions on physician-assisted dying (both assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia) violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. They immediately suspended the declaration for 12 months thus allowing the government time to craft new legislation. This paper is a contribution to the project of meeting that deadline -- it presents draft provincial/territorial legislation. This draft legislation is based on: 1) a thorough review of existing legislation in all permissive regimes throughout the world (reviewed through a "lessons learned" lens); 2) the requirements for constitutional validity …
Why The Government Of Canada Won't Regulate Assisted Human Reproduction: A Modern Mystery, Jocelyn Downie, Dave Snow, Francoise Baylis
Why The Government Of Canada Won't Regulate Assisted Human Reproduction: A Modern Mystery, Jocelyn Downie, Dave Snow, Francoise Baylis
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
The Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHR Act), passed in 2004, prohibits both paying consideration to a surrogate mother and purchasing sperm and ova from a donor (sections 6-7). Both prohibitions are subject to section 12, which was intended to permit reimbursement of expenditures incurred by surrogate mothers and gamete donors and reimbursement for loss of work-related income for surrogate mothers. Remarkably, more than ten years after the AHR Act received Royal Assent, and in spite of repeated calls for greater legal clarity, Health Canada has not drafted regulations pursuant to section 12 of the AHR Act, which is not …
Putting The Train Of Environmental Protection On Track: Nova Scotia's Experiment In Using Legislation To Strengthen Environmental Law, Meinhard Doelle, William Lahey
Putting The Train Of Environmental Protection On Track: Nova Scotia's Experiment In Using Legislation To Strengthen Environmental Law, Meinhard Doelle, William Lahey
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
This paper explores the role that legislation can play in addressing the governance obstacles to the enactment and implementation of effective environmental laws. It uses the experience of Nova Scotia under the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act, 2007, to suggest that legislation that codifies an integrated program of goals for improved environmental governance can help to ensure that governments follow through on their environmental policy commitments, including those promising integration of environmental policy priorities into other areas of governmental activity.