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Quebec’s ‘dying with dignity’ bill passage expected today
Terminally ill patients in Quebec will soon have the right to choose to die. The non-partisan Bill 52, also known as an act respecting end-of-life care, is expected to be passed today at the National...
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OTTAWA – Canada’s elections watchdog says amendments have significantly improved the Harper government’s controversial overhaul of election rules. Chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand was one of the...
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Canada’s elections chief pleased with changes to voting bill
Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand was a critic of Fair Elections Act and wanted it scrapped, but now hails “significant improvements.” TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADA
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Quebec passes bill allowing the right to choose death
Terminally ill patients in Quebec have the right to choose to die. The non-partisan Bill 52, also known as an act respecting end-of-life care, passed Thursday afternoon in a free vote at the National...
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A bill on the sale of sex or the sale of Conservatives? Tim Harper
Peter MacKay’s bill on the sex trade will appeal to his party’s base, but it does not respond to the Supreme Court ruling of last December. TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADA
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Elections watchdog mutes criticism of amended election bill
Canada’s elections watchdog says amendments have significantly improved the Harper government’s controversial overhaul of election rules. Chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand was one of the strongest...
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Peter MacKay ducks question on referring anti-prostitution bill to top court
Justice Minister Peter MacKay dodges questions from both the Liberal and NDP about whether he would send the new anti-prostitution bill immediately to the Supreme Court for a reference on its...
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NDP joins call for Tories to refer prostitution bill to Supreme Court
The NDP is joining the calls for the government to send the newly tabled prostitution bill directly to the Supreme Court of Canada for an opinion on its constitutionality. TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADA
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New MaRS lab adds $86M to taxpayers’ bill
The cost of a state-of-the-art infectious disease laboratory in the troubled building is in addition to the $ 477M that Ontarians are already on the hook for. TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADA
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Will the end-of-life-care bill turn Quebec into a euthanasia tourist...
Quebec’s new end-of-life-care legislation is unlikely to turn the province into a so-called euthanasia tourist destination, but it could prompt some terminally ill Canadians to consider moving there...
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