One can’t avoid the messaging of the economic pain to come. Our deteriorating economic relationship with our biggest trading partner will require us to “pivot and prosper” in order to emerge “stronger and more resilient” says our Prime Minister. While exactly how we will do this is still unclear, there is one clear opportunity: for both federal and provincial governments to initiate a significant personal and corporate tax reform in the upcoming fall budget.
Since the last time the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) visited the issue in Rodriguez (1993), doctor-assisted suicide has been legalized in eight other countries around the world.