"answered to feminist organizations on social media that ""On behalf of the Government of Canada, I am writing back to let you know that I wholeheartedly agree: Poverty is Sexist"". In January 2018 in a speech at the World Economic Forum, Trudeau called for critical discussion on issues brought up by the Me Too, Time's Up, and Women's March movements. Trudeau has also advocated a high standard and holds a ""zero tolerance for sexual assault, harassment or other forms of misconduct by his employees or caucus colleagues."" As leader of the Liberal Party, Trudeau initiated investigations on several members of"
"last person in Canada to be imprisoned for homosexuality. Lawyer and LGBT activist Doug Elliott commented, ""It's great that the young Trudeau is finishing the work that his father started."" On June 19, 2017 Bill C-16, after having passed the legislative process in the House of Commons and the Senate, became law upon receiving Royal Assent which put it into immediate force. On November 28, 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered an apology to the LGBTQ2S community in the House of Commons seeking to acknowledge and right many wrongs- to begin the healing process. Trudeau’s broad apology for “state-sponsored, systemic"
"a dignified death. Parliament has assigned ethics panels over the years that have advised against legalisation each time however it is still not specifically outlawed and a study published in 2003 showed 41% of deaths under medical supervision involved doctors taking ""end-of-life"" decisions to help ease their patients' suffering before death (about 1% of which were via prescription drugs). Active euthanasia is not legal in Finland. Passive euthanasia, however, is legal. In July 2013, French President François Hollande stated his personal support for decriminalisation of voluntary euthanasia in France, which had been one of his presidential campaign promises (""introduction of"
"the right to die with dignity""), despite objections from France's National Consultative Ethics Committee/ Comité national consultatif d'éthique, which alleged ""abuses"" in adjacent jurisdictions that have decriminalised and regulated either voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg). More socially conservative members of the Catholic Church and other major religious groups in France had announced that after expressing an opposition to the introduction of same-sex marriage in France, their next target may be the possible decriminalisation of voluntary euthanasia. In January 2016 both parts of France's parliament approved a measure that, while stopping short of euthanasia, would"
"(who became the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada in 2015) and Sacha, and his former wife, Margaret at his side. It was 20 days before his 81st birthday. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer. Flags on the Peace Tower, across Canada, and around the world were ordered flown at half-staff until sunset the day of the funeral. People started to arrive at Trudeau's home and set up a makeshift memorial there. There were tributes from world leaders, including U.S. President Bill Clinton. The Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill became the unofficial place to mark Trudeau's death, where people"
"Public Safety and the minister of Health would work on a legislation to legalize cannabis. Provinces asked many times for a delay in order to put the right structures in place. In an interview with Pierre Bruneau on TVA, Justin Trudeau said that July 1, 2018 is not necessarily the date of the legalization. In the 2015 electoral campaign, Trudeau's liberals promised that the 2015 federal election would be the last one to be First-past-the-post. If elected, the Trudeau government would reform the electoral system to make it more representative. Soon after being elected, the government asked each member of"
"The Senate then passed the final version of the bill on June 19, and it received Royal Assent on June 21. Canada is the second country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis nationwide after Uruguay. The Liberal Party of Canada proposed legalization in 2012 and it was a major campaign platform for Justin Trudeau who became Prime Minister of Canada in 2015. Shortly after election, the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation was convened to study the issue. They released a report on Dec. 13, 2016. On April 10, 2017, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and sources in other"
"of the ""Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms"", LGBT people are given the same protection under criminal law, and provincial laws, as any other person, whatever motives one perpetrator might have been prompted or incited by. On November 28, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a formal apology in Parliament to members of the LGBT community: On June 21, 2018, the Governor General granted royal assent to ""Bill C-66"", now cited as the ""Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act"", which allows a person who was convicted of homosexual acts prior to their being lawful in 1969 to have the RCMP,"
"no physician would be forced to do so but the CMA was offering educational sessions to members as to the process that would be used. On 17 June 2016, legislation passed both houses of the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent to allow euthanasia within Canada. On 20 May 1997, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decriminalised piety homicide, for terminally ill patients, stating that ""the medical author cannot be held responsible for the assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient"" and urged Congress to regulate euthanasia ""in the shortest time possible"". On 15 December 2014, the Constitutional Court had"
"the House passed the bill with most, but not all, of the Senate's amendments. The Senate accepted this version of the Act the following day. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that recreational use of cannabis would no longer violate criminal law as of 17 October 2018. This legalization comes with regulation similar to that of alcohol in Canada, limiting home production, distribution, consumption areas and sale times. The process removed cannabis possession for personal consumption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; while implementing taxation and strengthen punishment of those convicted of either supplying cannabis to minors, or of impairment"
"of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Trudeau hosted US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. The three leaders discussed a shared commitment to LGBT rights (with Trudeau highlighting their importance after the recent attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando), renewable energy development, and free trade. The leaders also announced the creation of a North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership and associated action plan. The 2016 summit was the first and last time all three of the leaders met, as Trudeau had just been elected in November 2015 and Obama's term as president ended in"
"was working with legal people and politicians to prepare a Bill on assisted dying for Dáil Éireann. In 2015, he welcomed California’s vote to legalise assisted suicide, and he told BBC Radio Ulster that changes in the law in the UK and Ireland were inevitable as society became more compassionate. In 2016, he told RTÉ that people who wanted palliative care should have the right to palliative care, that people who want to die in a way of their choosing should have that right, and that terminally ill people and their loved ones should absolutely break the law to avoid"
"in their court ruling that the BCCLA argues would include non-terminal conditions. The bill received considerable multi-partisan opposition within the Senate, where it was criticized as being drafted too quickly, and being too restrictive compared with the Supreme Court decision. As a result, the Senate made a series of amendments to the bill. The House of Commons accepted all of the amendments made by the Senate except one, which removed the requirement that death be ""reasonably foreseeable."" On 17 June 2016, a bill to legally allow assisted suicide within Canada became law after it passed both houses of the Parliament"
"such as Belgium (2003), Chile (2005), Brazil (2006), and Czech Republic (2010). In Uruguay, President Jose Mujica signed legislation to legalize recreational cannabis in December 2013, making Uruguay the first country in the modern era to legalize cannabis. In August 2014, Uruguay legalized growing up to six plants at home, as well as the formation of growing clubs, a state-controlled marijuana dispensary regime. In Canada, following the 2015 election of Justin Trudeau and formation of a Liberal government, in 2017 the House of Commons passed a bill to legalize cannabis on 1 July 2018. The United Nations' ""World Drug Report"""
"the terrorist attacks in Paris. Trudeau responded, ""It's too soon to jump to conclusions, but obviously governments have a responsibility to keep their citizens safe, while defending our rights and freedoms, and that balance is something the Canadian government, and indeed all governments around the world, will be focusing on."" On June 14, 2016, Trudeau refused to recognize ISIS's atrocities as genocide, instead waiting for an official position from the UN Security Council. He switched his position once the UN Commission released its inquiry on Syria. Trudeau supported the Harper-negotiated arms deal with Saudi Arabia, believed to be the largest"
"request of Labour Party leader Andrew Little as the issue was deemed to be distracting from bigger issues that concerned the party. In December 2017, ACT MP David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill, which will legalise assisted suicide for a select group of people if successful, passed its first reading in Parliament in a 76-44 personal vote and is now being reviewed by a select committee. Euthanasia remains illegal, though a caregiver may receive a reduced punishment for taking the life of someone who consents to it. Euthanasia is a delict under the laws of Peru, although there have"
"euthanasia in circumstances where a person is in unbearable pain and suffering from a terminal illness. The bill was the first ever euthanasia bill to pass a second reading stage (27 votes to 19) though the bill was rejected during the clauses debate of the bill (23 votes all, with the Speaker's casting vote against the bill). On 20 September 2017, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 was introduced into the Victorian Parliament by the Andrews Labor Government. The bill was modelled on the recommendations of an expert panel chaired by former Australian Medical Association president Professor Brian Owler. The"
"certain death. The treatment refused in an advance directive under US law, because of the 1991 PSDA, does not have to be proved to be ""medically futile"" under some existing due-process procedure developed under state laws, such as TADA in Texas. As of June 2016, some forms of voluntary euthanasia are legal in Canada, Colombia, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. As of August 2011 a British Columbia Supreme Court judge had been requested to speed up a right-to die lawsuit so that Gloria Taylor could have a doctor assist her in committing suicide. She suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease."
"changes to the tobacco products labelling regulations that included sixteen new graphic health warnings covering 75% of the principal faces of cigarette and cigarillo packages. As of September 2015, Health Canada is not planning regulatory action that would require plain or standardised packaging of tobacco products. The department considers its commitment to introduce health-related labelling requirements on cigarettes and cigarillos fulfilled. In early-October 2015, the Liberal Political Party leader, Justin Trudeau, announced that he would include the introduction of plain tobacco packaging as part of his platform, under the heading of Healthier Kids. He has received positive feedback from cancer"
"2016. He insisted that they ""enforce the law"": criminally charge illegal storefront dispensaries. Trudeau also explained that the intent of the legislation is not to encourage recreational use of cannabis. The intent is ""to better protect our kids from the easy access they have right now to marijuana [and] to remove the criminal elements that were profiting from marijuana"", he told the ""Toronto Star"" on 2 December 2016. Police forces took the Prime Minister seriously, and in March 2017, raided five locations of the Cannabis Culture retailer in Toronto, one in Vancouver, and another in Hamilton, Ontario. They also searched"
"chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations on December 7, 2015, and laid out his philosophy and commitments to Canada's indigenous people, to assure their ""constitutionally guaranteed rights ... a sacred obligation"". In brief, he promised to rescind government policies that are in conflict with their rights, make a significant investment in education programs, increase general funding, and launch an enquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. Trudeau also indicated that the new government would implement all of the recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2017, the Liberal government announced Canada will welcome nearly one million immigrants"
"was in favor of legalizing voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is not legal in France. The controversy over legalising euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is not as big as in the United States because of the country's ""well developed hospice care programme"". However, in 2000 the controversy over the topic was ignited with Vincent Humbert. After a car crash that left him ""unable to 'walk, see, speak, smell or taste'"", he used the movement of his right thumb to write a book, ""I Ask the Right to Die (Je vous demande le droit de mourir)"" in which he voiced"
"countries, welcomed 35,000 refugees into 275 communities across the country, and agreed to resettle 35–50,000 refugees by the end of 2016. Resettlement arrangements for additional refugees and social integration of arriving refugees is ongoing. The cost over the subsequent six years was estimated between C$564 to C$678 million. Justin Trudeau stated that the most vulnerable would be accepted first, including families, children and members of the LGBT communities. Among the Syrian refugees accepted for resettlement are thousands of ethnic Armenians. On 27 February 2016 Canada met its goal of resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees. Canada continues to process applications and had"
"(first passed by the YLC-British Columbia) and medical assistance in dying (passed by the Ontario Young Liberals) were overwhelmingly endorsed by the party's entire membership at the 2012 and 2014 Biennial conventions and were key planks in the 2015 election platform. The election of the youthful and energetic Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader in 2013 helped attract new Young Liberals. The younger Trudeau has proven as popular with Canadian youth as his father, helping the YLC recruit new members and ensuring youth concerns were included in the Liberals 2015 election platform. This popularity, coupled with the YLC's efforts, helped ensure"
"office. About 12,000 people attended and participated in these hearings, which included testimony from a number of prominent individuals including John Lennon on 22 December 1969 in Montreal, Quebec. Although the report was widely praised for its thoroughness and thoughtfulness, its conclusions were largely ignored by the Trudeau Federal government. Pierre Trudeau's son, Justin Trudeau, became Prime Minister of Canada 45 years later, and this Trudeau has started the process that will lead Parliament to legalize cannabis in Canada in 2017. Until legislation is enacted, marijuana remains illegal (except with a physician's prescription, for medical purposes) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau"
"11 February 2009 with only 796 rather than the necessary 25,000 signatures, and on 12 March all the 52 Deputies who were present approved the law at second reading. The Grand-Duke, who had to assent to a law for the last time, did so. Thus, the euthanasia law was promulgated with the signatures of the Grand-Duke and Health Minister Mars Di Bartolomeo. Law on euthanasia and assisted suicide The Law on euthanasia and assisted suicide () is a law that came into force in 2009 in Luxembourg, legalising euthanasia. The most important part of the law is the guarantee that"
"reminded police forces across the country. He insisted that they ""enforce the law"": criminally charge illegal storefront dispensaries. Trudeau also explained that the intent of the legislation is not to encourage recreational use of cannabis. The intent is ""to better protect our kids from the easy access they have right now to marijuana [and] to remove the criminal elements that were profiting from marijuana,"" he told the Toronto Star on 2 December 2016. On June 20, 2018, the Federal Government announced that possession of marijuana (cannabis) would no longer be illegal in Canada effective on October 17, 2018, almost 50"
"Freedoms and as for next steps, we’re watching the situation as it unfolds and reflecting on what those steps might or could be"". Prime Minister Trudeau’s comments displayed optimism for Canadian women, as there are currently 12 countries globally besides Canada that have implemented a partial or full face ban. On October 1, 2015, the National Assembly of Quebec unanimously adopted a motion that condemned Islamophobia and incitement of hatred and violence toward Muslim Quebecers, in particular Syrian refugees. On February 23, 2017, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario unanimously passed a motion condemning all forms of Islamophobia, along with ""all"
"Trudeau to defend the position. Trudeau first publicly expressed an interest in the legalization of marijuana while speaking at a rally in Kelowna, B.C. on June 24, 2013. He told a crowd, ""I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis. I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax it, regulate. It's one of the only ways to keep it out of the hands of our kids because the current war on drugs, the current model is not working. We have to use evidence and science to make sure we're moving forward on that."" In an interview in August 2013, Trudeau said"
"government in November 2015, with Trudeau as prime minister, he announced that a federal-provincial-territorial process was being created to discuss a jointly suitable process for the legalization of marijuana possession for recreational purposes. The plan is to remove marijuana consumption and incidental possession from the Criminal Code; however, new laws will be enacted for greater punishment of those convicted of supplying pot to minors and for impairment while driving a motor vehicle. By late November 2015, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said that she and the ministers of Health and Public Safety were working on specifics as to the legislation. In"
"country, the Portuguese parliament has in recent years voted to permit abortion on demand and same-sex marriage. The National Assembly and The Ministry of Health and Welfare voted in favor of active and passive euthanasia and went into effect since February 2018, and has announced to issue a ""Well-Dying"" Bill. However, the topic and debate of euthanasia in South Korea sparked for a long time, starting back in December 4, 1997 when a doctor was sent to prison for a major duration for voluntarily cutting life support of a braindead patient who injured himself from a head trauma upon the"
"Elbowgate Elbowgate was an incident in the House of Commons on May 18, 2016 in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a Conservative member of parliament by the arm and then allegedly elbowed a New Democrat Member in the chest. Trudeau apologized and avoided parliamentary sanctions for the incident. Through video replay, it was found that Trudeau had done nothing wrong. The event took place as opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) sought to delay a closure motion on the final reading of Bill C-14, a bill to amend the Criminal Code to allow physician-assisted death. Numerous MPs, including Green"
"Party leader Elizabeth May, have suggested that Trudeau's actions may be explained by the time-sensitive nature of this bill, which had to be passed before the Supreme Court invalidated certain sections of the Criminal Code that could have put voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death in a legislative grey area. Opposition parties ""accused the government of trying to ram it through the House and Senate using various strategies such as assigning a time limit to debate"". NDP MP Charlie Angus stated that there was a toxic atmosphere in the House as ""[The Liberals] were introducing motions that would give enormous power"