{"id":5237,"date":"2014-10-17T21:34:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T04:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5237"},"modified":"2018-04-26T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T05:38:24","slug":"joint-intervention-in-carter-v-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5237","title":{"rendered":"Joint intervention in Carter v. Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Selections from oral submissions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Supreme Court of Canada, 15 October, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Sean Murphy<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/authors.aspx#Sean_Murphy\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrl.ca\/\">Catholic Civil Rights League<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandfreedomalliance.ca\/Default.aspx?cat=0\">Faith and Freedom Alliance<\/a> and the <a href=\"..\/index.php\">Protection of Conscience Project<\/a> were jointly granted intervener status in <em>Carter<\/em> by the Supreme Court of Canada.\u00a0 The joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/archive\/documents\/carter\/2014-08-29-Carter-Factum-CCRL-FFA-PCP-SCC-35591.pdf\"> factum<\/a> voiced concern that legalization of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia would likely adversely affect physicians and health care workers who object to the procedures for reasons of conscience.\u00a0 The factum was supplemented by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal073-009.aspx#Robert_W._Staley\">oral submission<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Links to annotated selections from the oral submissions relevant to freedom of conscience are provided below.\u00a0 In each case, readers can access the Supreme Court webcast through the linked image.\u00a0 Time stamps are cited to allow the relevant section of the webcast to be located.\u00a0 On the Supreme Court website, use\u00a0 &#8220;full screen&#8221; view when dragging the slider button to the desired time stamp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-arvay-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8354 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-arvay-01-1-300x241.png\" alt=\"Joint intervention in Carter v. Canada\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal073-009.aspx#Joseph_Arvay\">Joseph Arvay, Q.C. (Counsel for the Appellants)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-bernard-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8353 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-bernard-02-300x230.png\" alt=\"Joint intervention in Carter v. Canada\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal073-009.aspx#Jean-Yves_Bernard\">Jean-Yves Bernard (Counsel for the Attorney General of Quebec)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-underwood-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8351 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-underwood-02-300x229.png\" alt=\"Joint intervention in Carter v. Canada\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal073-009.aspx#Harry_Underwood\">Harry Underwood (Counsel for the Canadian Medical Association)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-staley-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8356 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2015-10-15-staley-01-1-300x225.png\" alt=\"Joint intervention in Carter v. Canada\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal073-009.aspx#Robert_W._Staley\">Robert W. Staley (Counsel for the Catholic Civil Rights League, Faith and Freedom Alliance, and Protection of Conscience Project)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selections from oral submissions Supreme Court of Canada, 15 October, 2014 Sean Murphy* Introduction: The Catholic Civil Rights League, Faith and Freedom Alliance and the Protection of Conscience Project were jointly granted intervener status in Carter by the Supreme Court of Canada.\u00a0 The joint factum voiced concern that legalization of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5237\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Joint intervention in Carter v. 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