Sentences with phrase «equitable access to medical services»

[212] In assessing proportionality, the court considered both the Charter rights of patients to equitable access to medical services as part of the right of each individual to «life, liberty and security of the person», [195] and the expectation that the privilege of practising is subject to protection of the public interest.

While the Court stopped short of conferring a freestanding constitutional right to healthcare, it stated that s. 7 of the Charter (which provides that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice) confers a right to equitable access to medical services legally available in Ontario.