/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3235/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-secularism-bill-21-296982 <p>Legislative hearings into Quebec's secularism bill started yesterday and will run until May 16. Here's an expert from şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University that can provide comment on that issue:</p> Wed, 08 May 2019 15:00:19 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 161559 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-federal-government-gay-pardon-259347 <p>“Even more significant than Mr. Klippert’s posthumous pardon may be the government’s promise to review all the cases of men who were convicted of gross indecency (homosexual acts short of intercourse) or buggery before 1969.” (<em><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-gay-pardon-decision-applauded-but-obstacles-still-exist/article28944769/">The Globe and Mail</a></em>)</p> Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:02:30 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25413 at /newsroom /newsroom/robert-leckey Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23910 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/supreme-court-assisted-suicide-6-month-extension-257652 <p>In December 2015, the federal government has asked the Supreme Court for a six-month extension to draft new laws on doctor-assisted dying. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on this request starting January 11, 2016.</p> Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:14:48 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25066 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/montreal-pride-august-10-16-254236 <p> Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:27:09 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24357 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-recommend-changes-quebec-family-laws-253479 <p>The group released a 600-page report with 82 recommendations that call for sweeping reforms to the current set of laws for unmarried couples. Among them is a mandatory parental regime which would set out obligations towards children born during a common-law union as well as between parents following a split -- to a certain point. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:48:16 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 24224 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/supreme-court-assisted-suicide-241573 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:23:22 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 22040 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/d%C3%A9nonciations-quelques-distinctions-simposent-240051 <p> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:28:19 +0000 kaviyanka.selvasandran@mail.mcgill.ca 21475 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/parliamentary-delinquency-assisted-suicide-239592 <p> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:01:49 +0000 kaviyanka.selvasandran@mail.mcgill.ca 21265 at /newsroom