May 13, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is tabling a bill enshrining trans and gender-identity rights in Canadian law next week.
Canada is getting a trans rights bill
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Assisted death bill could land Canadian government in court all over again
April 21, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Just when you thought Canada’s years-long legal battle over assisted death was finished, the federal government may find itself back in court, being sued again over allegedly unconstitutional laws.
Right to die: Recommendations would make Canada’s assisted death among the world’s broadest
February 25, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Canadians who want help dying should be able to get it wherever they are and whenever they feel they need it, even if they have a mental illness, a federal report says.
‘This is real people who are suffering’: Supreme Court ruling deals a blow to assisted-death advocates
January 15, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
It’s been 53 months since Elayne Shapray first put her name on an affidavit arguing for the right to die.
She learned Friday afternoon she’ll have to wait another four.
Supreme Court gives feds an extra 4 months on physician-assisted death
January 15, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The Supreme Court has granted part of the federal government’s request for extra time in crafting assisted dying legislation, giving them an extra four months instead of the six they had requested.
Missing and murdered: Inquiry challenged to repair relationship between cops, indigenous communities
Dec. 8, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
It’s not quite the launch of the long-awaited national inquiry into Canada’s crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
But it’s close.
How Justice Minister Wilson-Raybould could change Canada-Aboriginal relationship. No pressure
November 4, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Maxime Faille was in court last week fighting the federal government.
He hopes Canada’s new Justice Minister will make that a lot more rare.
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