Legal Ease: Legal status would safeguard family caregivers
There are those among us with chronic illnesses, special health needs, reduced functionality, dependence and lack of autonomy.
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Articles written by: Joyce Blond Frank
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Legal Ease: Relatively speaking, be certain you have a clear mandate
A mandate is a contract by which a person, the mandator, gives power to another person, the mandatary, to represent him. This contract is called a power of attorney.
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Legal Ease: Taking stock of end-of-life care
Until recently, it was a crime in Canada to assist others in ending their lives. Those grievously and irremediably ill and in pain could not seek a physician’s assistance in dying. A person facing this prospect had two options: take his own life prematurely, often by violent or dangerous means, or suffer until death occurred from natural causes.
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Legal Ease: Did the city deny freedom of speech?
We live in a democracy, a system by which a society governs itself through its elected representatives. This is how citizens participate, albeit indirectly, in making decisions that affect them and which become law.
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Legal Ease: Resolutions for peace of mind in the new year
As the year nears its end, I am in the habit of making New Year’s resolutions and I have been thinking of a few I would like to share.
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Legal Ease: Give animals the rights sentient beings deserve
It has been scientifically shown that many animals are cognitively and emotionally advanced, self-aware, experience pleasure and pain, and can remember and choose.
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Legal Ease: Suing for material, moral, and punitive damages
A person who is hurt by the wrongful conduct of someone else and suffers physical, emotional or financial harm may want to sue for damages.
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Legal Ease: Learning about “made-in-Quebec” wills
It is important for everyone, no matter how young or old, to make a will. If you fail to do so, you will die “intestate” and the consequences for your loved ones may not be what you had hoped for. If you do not have a will, the law of […]
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Legal Ease: Travel insurance strips away complications
Getting sick on vacation without private insurance can lead to all kinds of trouble. Understandably, Quebec doesn’t want to subsidize health care obtained outside the province. Getting reimbursement for such care is exceptional and subject to specific conditions found in the Health Insurance Act. To benefit from coverage you must […]
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Love and marriage, wills and pensions
Unlike the social and legal situation of parents and children in the past, today mothers and fathers have the same rights and obligations with regard to their children. The rights of parental authority and the obligations to maintain, support and educate belong equally to each. The law tries to keep […]
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