Afternoon front page: Liberals move to make changes to MAID; Stelco owner fires back at Joly; and more

It’s Tuesday, October 27. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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The legislation would bar people with mental illness as a sole underlying condition from seeking medical assistance in dying. It would also allow people who are at risk of losing their capacity to consent to assisted dying to make an advance request. In order to be eligible for MAID in advance, the bill states that two separate medical practitioners must confirm the person meets the criteria. It also includes safeguards to ensure that people who make advance requests cannot be forced to end their lives if they have changed their minds, something that critics have warned could happen.

More than a decade after his career was derailed by unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations, Canadian author and former UBC professor Steven Galloway is hoping a defamation trial can clear his name and hold others accountable. National Post columnist Amy Hamm, who has been covering the trial, shares details on some crucial details that have emerged around the conduct of Galloway’s accusers and troubling questions around UBC’s handling of the matter.

U.S.-based Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has fired back in response to a recent letter from federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly threatening legal action if it doesn’t reverse the 500 layoffs announced at two Stelco plants in Ontario. “We made serious commitments to Canada when we acquired Stelco, and we have honoured them,” said Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves, in a press release. “Stelco is in full compliance with all undertakings, and in several important areas we have gone beyond what we committed to do.”

The federal government could be on track to take in almost $20-billion more in taxes and other revenue this year than had been expected less than six months ago, potentially handing Prime Minister Mark Carney much more room in his second budget to cut taxes, trim Canada’s massive deficit or spend. But economists warn that it would be a mistake for the Liberal government to view the extra revenue as a windfall or a long-term trend.

The Indigenous man pleaded guilty to stabbing a stranger during a group mugging less than two months after he was released on bail. Both the defence and prosecution recommended a sentence of 180 days in jail for the assault, and another 30 days to be served concurrently, for the bail breach. Saying that did not “adequately reflect the gravity” of the attack, the judge instead sentenced the man to 18 months in jail.

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