Response to the Anglican Church of Canada’s Submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Assisted Dying

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Veronica Abbass

Guest post by Eric MacDonald Faced with this submission, the first question is: What is its purpose? Although it states clearly that the Supreme Court has already spoken on the issue of assisted dying for Canadians, it is clear that the questions asked — and the whole submission consists in … Continue reading →

Harper Does It Again: Puts Politics Before Democracy

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Veronica Abbass

This post’s title is an amalgam of the titles of two blog posts released today, and coincidentally, both posts use the same cartoon to illustrate their point: Eric MacDonald’s post, “Harper Does It Again … Is This Really What The Supreme Court Had In Mind?” contains a short explanation of … Continue reading →

Reading Tarek Fatah

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Veronica Abbass

Guest Post by Eric MacDonald I have been invited to write a short piece about Tarek Fatah, the moderate Canadian Muslim. I discovered his home page not that many days ago, and was struck by some of the wise things he had to say, and the criticisms of his own … Continue reading →