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Catherine Frazee, OC, D.Litt., LLD. (Hon.) is a former member of the Federal External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada and professor emerita, Ryerson University, School of Disability Studies.

UN disability rights report on assisted-dying regime deserves a fair hearing

  • Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take seriously the report calling for reforms to the medical assistance in dying regime
Opinion | BY CATHERINE FRAZEE | April 7, 2025
An issue of such profound consequence to the dignity and equality of Canadians with disabilities must not be reduced to partisan politics, writes Catherine Frazee. Pexels photograph by Alexandre Saraiva Carniato

UN disability rights report on assisted-dying regime deserves a fair hearing

Opinion | BY CATHERINE FRAZEE | April 7, 2025
  • Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take seriously the report calling for reforms to the medical assistance in dying regime

UN disability rights report on assisted-dying regime deserves a fair hearing

Opinion | BY CATHERINE FRAZEE | April 7, 2025
  • Canadians deserve to know that our political party leaders will take seriously the report calling for reforms to the medical assistance in dying regime
An issue of such profound consequence to the dignity and equality of Canadians with disabilities must not be reduced to partisan politics, writes Catherine Frazee. Pexels photograph by Alexandre Saraiva Carniato

Equality for persons with disabilities on the line in new assisted dying bill

  • A consequential law is proceeding swiftly in Parliament, but mostly under the radar of Canadians with a lot on our minds these days. Bill
Opinion | BY CATHERINE FRAZEE | November 25, 2020
Justice Minister David Lametti is the sponsor of Bill C-7, which seeks to amend the existing legislation that regulates assisted death. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Equality for persons with disabilities on the line in new assisted dying bill

Opinion | BY CATHERINE FRAZEE | November 25, 2020
  • A consequential law is proceeding swiftly in Parliament, but mostly under the radar of Canadians with a lot on our minds these days. Bill

Equality for persons with disabilities on the line in new assisted dying bill

Opinion | BY CATHERINE FRAZEE | November 25, 2020
  • A consequential law is proceeding swiftly in Parliament, but mostly under the radar of Canadians with a lot on our minds these days. Bill
Justice Minister David Lametti is the sponsor of Bill C-7, which seeks to amend the existing legislation that regulates assisted death. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Supreme Court now permits some Canadians to approach death on their own terms: who should those Canadians be?

  • KINGS COUNTY, N.S.—For some of us, the book of life will close abruptly. A sudden pop or crunch or snap, and we’ll be gone.
FeatureBY CATHERINE FRAZEE | June 6, 2016
The Supreme Court of Canada. Our elected Parliamentarians chose the more cautious—some would say balanced—route, passing Bill C-14 on third reading. Time will tell whether our chamber of sober second thought, the Canadian Senate, will reach a similar conclusion. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Supreme Court now permits some Canadians to approach death on their own terms: who should those Canadians be?

FeatureBY CATHERINE FRAZEE | June 6, 2016
  • KINGS COUNTY, N.S.—For some of us, the book of life will close abruptly. A sudden pop or crunch or snap, and we’ll be gone.

Supreme Court now permits some Canadians to approach death on their own terms: who should those Canadians be?

FeatureBY CATHERINE FRAZEE | June 6, 2016
  • KINGS COUNTY, N.S.—For some of us, the book of life will close abruptly. A sudden pop or crunch or snap, and we’ll be gone.
The Supreme Court of Canada. Our elected Parliamentarians chose the more cautious—some would say balanced—route, passing Bill C-14 on third reading. Time will tell whether our chamber of sober second thought, the Canadian Senate, will reach a similar conclusion. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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