Re: Access to care and access to justice

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 59, No. 7, September 2017, Page 347 Letters
By: Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC

In his May editorial [BCMJ 2017;59:209], Dr Brian Day outlines his trials (no pun intended) and tribulations in the BC Supreme Court.

In his May editorial [BCMJ 2017;59:209], Dr Brian Day outlines his trials (no pun intended) and tribulations in the BC Supreme Court. He declares a pursuit of justice. Unfortunately for him, Canada has no justice system, only a legal system, which he so eloquently describes. If he wishes justice, he should seek it elsewhere. In this regard, I recall a Globe and Mail editorial cartoon from many years ago when Dr Henry Morgentaler challenged what he saw as an unjust law. The cartoon pictured a prison guard sliding a meal tray under Dr Morgentaler’s cell door with the caption, “Congratulations, doctor, you’ve been acquitted again!”
—Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC
Coquitlam

Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC. Re: Access to care and access to justice. BCMJ, Vol. 59, No. 7, September, 2017, Page(s) 347 - Letters.


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