Law

The notwithstanding clause allows governments to override certain sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for up to five years.

The internal document sent Sept. 10 by the justice department asks other departments to assemble inormation as per a directive from the premier's office to invoke the clause.

The public health unit is releasing its final report on Dr. Esther Park a year after it was notified of a patient complaint last September and inspectors found medical instruments were not properly cleaned and disinfected at her clinic.

Consent can be obtained by a non-physician, says judge in Brazilian butt lift case.

Consent can be obtained by a non-physician, says judge in Brazilian butt lift case.

Alberta’s privacy commissioner and physicians’ regulatory college are reminding doctors wishing to use AI scribes that they need to submit a privacy impact assessment to the privacy commissioner’s office before using them—even for scribes approved under the Canada Health Infoway program.

Urgences-santé was ordered by Quebec Superior Court to pay to the family of Nutin McFarland, who died even though he became ill less than a kilometre from a Montreal hospital.

Dr. Stuart Wilkinson admitted to allegations that he ordered a blood test and an abdominal ultrasound for a patient that he had never met and failed to follow up, despite the tests showing abnormal results.