Derek Ross

Derek Ross, LL.B., LL.M., is the executive director and general counsel for Christian Legal Fellowship, where he practices human rights and constitutional law and serves as editor-in-chief for the Christian Legal Journal. He has served as litigation counsel to public interest interveners in numerous Charter cases at the Supreme Court of Canada and provincial Courts of Appeal.

Articles by this author

Assisted suicide: crime today, health care tomorrow?

The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Carter raises a number of difficult questions: In what circumstances might it be morally acceptable to deliberately and prematurely end another’s life? How should it be done? And …

Physicians, conscience, and assisted dying

Of all the jurisdictions worldwide that permit some form of assisted suicide, Ontario stands alone in mandating that physicians participate in it. Assisted suicide, or “medical assistance in dying” (MAID), as it is now known, was …

The Carter decision: Start of a dialogue, or final word?

The Alberta Court of Appeal ruled in May in Canada (AG) v. E.F. that a woman suffering from “severe conversion disorder” — a nonterminal, psychiatric condition that causes physical symptoms — was eligible to receive …