1985 - The Canadian Human Rights Act was enacted, and it banned discrimination against people due to their physical or mental disability.
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2001 - In R. v. Latimer 2001 1 S.C.R. 3, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Robert Latimer's crime of murdering his disabled daughter Tracy Latimer could not be justified through the defence of necessity.
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