Investigate the case of Makayla Sault, the 11 year-old Ontario First Nation girl who, with her parents, refused treatment for her acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and who subsequently died. Do you think the Courts made the correct decision in allowing Makayla to stop her standard treatment? How (and why) is this case different than other cases of parents being forced to keep their child in standard treatment despite their beliefs? Whatever your position is, make sure you discuss this case in the context of the history of unjust treatment of Canada’s First Nations people and in particular, the Residential School system and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report.

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Makayla Saults case is unique in that she was an Indigenous girl from Cana... View the full answer