CANADA
CBC News
By Greg Kelly and Alison Cook, CBC News Posted: May 14, 2014
Roderick A. Macdonald may not be a household name, but he’s changed the way thousands of Canadians live.
The McGill University law professor played a crucial role in paving the way for same-sex marriage in this country, as well as the inquiry into abuse at residential schools – and the federal government’s 2008 apology to survivors.
Macdonald has spent his career challenging the way the law is conceived and applied in this country, and giving voice to those who’ve had little representation in the operations of institutional power.
But now he’s losing his own voice: his ability to speak is greatly impaired by the fact that he’s terminally ill with throat cancer.
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