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Can Quebec pharmacists legally refuse to prescribe the morning-after pill? | CBC News

August 6, 2022 | Recently, in Saguenay, Que., a pharmacist rejected a woman's request to purchase emergency oral contraception, claiming that then morning-after pill did not "align with his values." Human rights lawyer and Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis weighs in.

Published: 10 Aug 2022

Session wraps up at National Assembly | CTV News Montreal

With the last pre-election sessional period of Quebec's National Assembly drawing to a close last week, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis聽joined CTV News Montreal to discuss the key legislative news of the past several months.

Watch the interview.

Published: 14 Jun 2022

Legal experts fact-check Quebec ad campaign that aims to correct 'falsehoods' on controversial language law | CBC News

June 3, 2022 | After Bill 96 passed in the Quebec legislature, the government of Quebec published a full-page advertisement in both French and English newspapers to "correct falsehoods" circulating about the law. However, several legal experts - such as Max Bell's Pearl Eliadis - fact-checked the claims made in the ad in this article for CBC News.

Published: 6 Jun 2022

Five reasons Quebec's language law reform is stirring controversy | City News

May 19, 2022 | This City News article delves into the various reasons Quebec's Bill 96 is stirring controversy. Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis provides prospective on how the proposed law would affect access to justice.

Read the article.

Published: 24 May 2022

Pearl Eliadis on Reproductive and Sexual Health Services for Vulnerable Women in Quebec

There is a glaring gap in Quebec's healthcare system: Women whose immigration status is precarious are systematically denied access to critical reproductive and sexual health services. This, says Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis, must change.

Published: 3 May 2022

Bill 96 and the constitution - What you need to know | CBC Radio

April 28, 2022 | Numerous English-language advocacy groups have raised concerns about potential constitutionality issues with Quebec's recently tabled Bill 96, which was introduced as a means to safeguard the status of the French language. In this interview on CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor and humans rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis weighs in.

Published: 2 May 2022

One Hundred Days: How to explain a genocide | Literary Review of Canada

May 2022 | Writing for the Literary Review of Canada, Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis reflects on her three UN missions to Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide and provides perspective on the trajectory of the country in the ensuing years.

Read the article.

Published: 23 Apr 2022

For the health of all women in Quebec, without exception | M茅decins du Monde

As a member of the pro bono legal team supporting M茅decins du Monde (Doctors of the World) Canada,聽Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis is pushing the Quebec government to extend public health care to women in Quebec whose immigration status is precarious and who need reproductive and sexual health services.

Published: 23 Apr 2022

Pearl Eliadis on Emergencies Act | CBC Radio Noon Quebec & Quebec AM

February 15, 2022 | On聽Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel, and on Quebec AM, professor Pearl Eliadis discusses the criteria for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the聽Emergencies Act in response to the ongoing convoy protests across Canada.

Published: 15 Feb 2022

Defining freedom in the time of COVID with Pearl Eliadis and Nicholas King | Video

February 9, 2022 | 不良研究所 Alumni hosted a Made by 不良研究所 webcast featuring professors聽Pearl Eliadis and Nicholas King entitled聽"Defining freedom in the time of COVID."

Published: 11 Feb 2022

A no-vax tax | CBC's Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel

January 12, 2022聽| Joining the CBC's聽Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel, Professor Pearl Eliadis cautions that it's premature to discuss the legality of the "no-vax tax" or health contribution the Quebec government is proposing on unvaccinated Quebecers, as the legislation has not been made publicly available yet.

"We don't know enough yet to know if it's legal, but I do think it's bad public policy," she comments.

Published: 13 Jan 2022

Quebec's 'anti-vax tax' difficult to enforce, experts say | Montreal Gazette

January 12, 2022 | After the Quebec government announced unvaccinated Quebecers would have to pay a "health contribution," Professor Pearl Eliadis weighs in on the legality and enforcement of such a proposition.

鈥淎re we really going to go and find 800,000 people, (some of whom) are low-income earners or have disabilities?鈥 she asked. 鈥淲hat are we going to do, seize their couch (if they can鈥檛 afford to pay)?鈥

Published: 13 Jan 2022

'Hassle' for tourists: Letter from June 2021 shows P.E.I. business group seeking relaxed COVID controls | CBC

January 5, 2022 | Professor Pearl Eliadis was interviewed for this public health article about聽COVID-19 pandemic restrictions for Prince Edward Island and their impact on businesses and tourism.

Professor Eliadis聽said something the pandemic has shown is that public health and economic interests aren't in competition 鈥 they are one and the same.

Published: 7 Jan 2022

Pearl Eliadis on Bill 96 | The Telegraph

December 28, 2021 | Pearl Eliadis commented聽that this legislation is the latest in a years-long push to effectively authorise "blatant discrimination against religious minorities in Quebec".

Eliadis said that while it was important to have protections in place for the French language, with Bill 96, "Quebec is starting to drift off into territory where they're really prepared to take pretty much any measures, sometimes outside the law ... to achieve that goal."

Published: 5 Jan 2022

Supreme Court ruling could change how human rights law is applied in Quebec | The Chronicle Journal

December 1, 2021 | A recent Supreme Court ruling has narrowed the聽scope of jurisdiction on discrimination cases. Max Bell School professor Pearl Eliadis聽argues that this new precedent is dangerous, running counter to the direction in which human rights law has evolved.

Published: 9 Dec 2021

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