In the News Canada’s New Government 6 May 2025 P.M. Mark Carney We've just had a federal election in Canada. The focus, quite rightly, was on urgent matters of sovereignty threats and trade war practices posed by our vast…
In the News Do they think disabled people forgot …?? 2 Apr 2025 In a formal and respectful process that took several years (2002-2006), disabled people around the world worked hard on a comprehensive document that would reflect their actual social conditions, expose…
Disability arts and culture… “Life After” 15 Feb 202515 Feb 2025 Have you ever wondered "Whatever happened to X" -- someone who made big news but then faded from view and from public consciousness? Disabled film-maker, Reid Davenport, was reading a…
In the News Loneliness and MAiD: 2023 Statistics You Need to Know 20 Dec 2024 The 2023 MAiD numbers are out, just in time for Christmas, when people are distracted by shopping and partying and decorating, baking and otherwise "getting ready". Nobody wants to be…
In the News Families vs. MAID (Part 2) 2 Nov 2024 A new case has arisen (A.Y. vs. N.B.) and prompted me to tackle my promised Part 2. This new case too is about love -- about the desire of A.Y.…
In the News Family Members vs. MAiD 27 Mar 20241 Nov 2024 I'd like to write about love, actually. No, not the movie, although it is one of my Christmas favourites, eagerly anticipated every season. No, I've been thinking about love in…
Thoughts and Ideas When is suicide considered “rational”? 14 Dec 2023 by Policy Options. Originally published on Policy Options by Mary Shariff and Derek RossDecember 6, 2023 It is currently a crime in Canada for a doctor to end the life of a…