While suicide was formally removed from Canada’s criminal code in 1972, it is still considered illegal today to aid another person in ending his or her own life through euthanasia. Contested in the legal and medical sectors around the world, euthanasia has gained widespread attention as it pushes the envelope on what can legally be … Continue reading
Religious expression constitutes an essential part of our human rights, thus the banning of such expression from the public sphere implies a direct violation of our rights. Indeed, this type of prohibition inevitably triggers controversy, as recently observed in Quebec, where the Parti Quebecois (PQ) has introduced their proposed Charter of Quebec Values. If this Charter goes … Continue reading
OLIVIA ZEYDLER Quebec elected the Parti Quebcois (PQ) to lead its provincial government on Sept. 4, 2012 with 32 percent of the vote. The party, led by Pauline Marois, has expressed hopes to protect Quebec nationalism and proposed various policy changes regarding immigrants and religious expression to that end.One legislation introduced by Marois is the … Continue reading
OLIVIA ZEYDLER A city government safe so stuffed with cash that it couldn’t close? A city’s Senior Engineer slyly taking tropical vacations and receiving numerous bottles of wine in his office? These situations involving our elected officials are unimaginable. Yet these were the testimonies made by both construction bosses and government officials during the Charbonneau … Continue reading
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