Jean-Pierre Ménard’s decades of legal advocacy include fighting to protect the rights of patients against the health-care system and medical malpractice. Continue reading
Two Quebecers who were successful in getting a court to invalidate sections of the federal and Quebec laws on medically assisted dying want the issue to be given a prominent place on the federal campaign trail. Continue reading
Lien Quan, 91, and her family claim she was refused services at St. Mary’s hospital because she did not speak English. Continue reading
Under federal law, natural death must be “reasonably foreseeable” before someone can receive medical assistance in dying. The Quebec law similarly says people must “be at the end of life.” Continue reading
Two Quebecers suffering from incurable degenerative diseases were in court challenging laws that leave them ineligible for medically-assisted death. Continue reading
Victims of the 2012 legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Quebec City that killed 14 people and affected 167 others have reached an agreement-in-principle with defendants in a class action lawsuit. Continue reading
At least eight families are teaming up with the Centre for Research Action on Race Relations to launch legal action against the Quebec government over the lack of services for their children with autism. Continue reading
Most of the families who apply for Quebec’s new supplement for children with exceptional needs are being turned down — 54 per cent to be exact. Continue reading
An outbreak of a rare disease in 2012 caused 14 deaths in Quebec City, Five years later, victims of a class-action lawsuit still don’t know who to hold responsible. Continue reading
A Montreal malpractice lawyer is taking legal action against the Quebec government for denying basic services to a six-year-old girl with autism. Continue reading