PRESS RELEASES
Press Release: Winnipeg, MB July 18, 2018 – The Saskatchewan farmer who killed his disabled daughter is applying for a new trial or a pardon and People First of Canada (PFC) sincerely hopes he gets neither of these. In 1993, Tracy Latimer was murdered by her father. He put her in his truck and piped exhaust fumes inside and killed her through carbon monoxide poisoning. Tracy was 12 years old. Through a trial, retrial, and appeals, Robert Latimer’s second-degree murder conviction and 10-year minimum sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court of…
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From the Council of Canadians with Disabilities press release, February 6, 2015: Assisted Suicide Changes Landscape, Makes Disability a Defining Issue. Today’s decision of the Supreme Court fundamentally alters end-of-life for all Canadians. The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) and the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) are profoundly disappointed by today’s ruling and extremely concerned about the implications of the ruling. An immensely important decision must now begin with Canadians and politicians at all levels, with civil society, health professions and the legal community. We start from the premise that…
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