Clearly the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has determined that it is tasked with tarnishing the reputations of faith-based educational institutions, the Christian schools in particular. It seems to have started last year, when CAUT started an unsolicited investigation of Trinity Western University (TWU). The investigation didn’t follow CAUT’s own internal process (i.e., informal… Read More
I blogged two weeks ago that Isaiah May was having to fight for his life, both in the hospital and at the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench. And he’s only 3 months old. Last Wednesday, Justice Michelle Crighton decided to set back the decision of whether to remove the child from the ventilator until February… Read More
That’s essentially what the letter from the hospital stated to the parents of a very ill three month old baby: We must put the interests of your son foremost and it is in his best interests to discontinue mechanical ventilation support. I can’t imagine being a mother and receiving a letter from the hospital tasked… Read More
Many persuasive arguments have been made against physician-assisted suicide since Bill C-384, which seeks to decriminalize assisted suicide, was first introduced in the House of Commons in the spring. Concern has been expressed about the slippery slope effect that will lead to ‘involuntary suicides,’ as has occurred in other jurisdictions where assisted suicide has been… Read More
The Ontario Court of Appeal has stirred up debate about whether or not a physician owes a duty of care to a non-yet born child. In its 2008 decision in Paxton v. Ramji the court decided that a physician owes a duty of care only to the mother, not the child. However, two strongly-worded decisions… Read More
Jennifer Leddy brought this case to my attention as she provided a brief summary of it in her firm’s newsletter. The final sentence is cause for reflection: On August 20, 2009 the New Brunswick Court of Appeal held that freedom of religion under the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms does not protect those… Read More