Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Prof. Trudo Lemmens, a member of the Health Law and Policy Group at the Faculty of Law, provided his insight for an article in the Toronto Star about the Terri Schiavo life-support case, which is causing controversy in the U.S. ("Canadian law specific on rights," March 22, 2005).

Describing the Canadian situation in relation to these kinds of cases, he noted that such end-of-life family disputes are almost always resolved within the health-care setting. Even in the rare cases such issues go to court, he notes, "Here [in Canada], a court's ruling wouldn't be hijacked by politics and end up in front of members of Parliament or on the desk of the Prime Minister."