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Canadians being left in the dark on changes to assisted death, as court-imposed deadline approaches

Training and oversight of MAID assessors and providers, and the data required for overview, show it to be inconsistent and imprecise. Only three provinces have even rudimentary training programs.

Opinion
BY HARVEY SCHIPPER AND ROBYN BOUCHER
December 3, 2020

Opinion | BY HARVEY SCHIPPER AND ROBYN BOUCHER | December 3, 2020

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Sudan’s warring sides and the long-simmering ethnic conflict

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Balanced approach needed on right-to-repair bill, protecting IP rights and public safety

OpinionBY DON STICKNEY

Reflections from a new citizen

OpinionBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Public Safety Canada’s dealing with natural and communication infrastructure disasters

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

As COP29 wraps up, will Canada finally stop funding fossils this fall?

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