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Latest news and events about legal issues and law reform

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Accessible all-candidates meetings groundbreaking initiative in provincial election
Posted September 19, 2007 - For the first time in a provincial election, all-candidates meetings accessible to people with disabilities are being held in three Ontario ridings.
Article source ARCH Disability Law Centre


Street Health releases report on access to health care for homeless people
Posted September 18, 2007 - The Street Health Report 2007 presents the findings of a survey of 368 homeless adults in Toronto on their health and access to health care.
Article source Street Health


Lawyers give consumers tips on finding affordable legal help
Posted September 16, 2007 - As legal help becomes more expensive for consumers, lawyers are looking for ways to make it more affordable and accessible.
Article source Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)


Chinese, Southeast Asian legal clinic celebrates 20 years of advocacy
Posted September 14, 2007 - As Toronto's Chinese population grew in the 1980s, so did conflicts among them with Canada's justice system, leading to the founding of the Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic in 1987.
Article source Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic


Health organizations challenge candidates to eliminate 3-month OHIP wait period
Posted September 14, 2007 - The Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) has created a tool to put the issue of the three-month wait period for OHIP coverage for immigrants on the election agenda.
Article source Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB)


Civil Justice Reform Project presents report and recommendations
Posted September 12, 2007 - The Ministry of the Attorney General has received a report and recommendations on civil justice reform, which will be translated and made available to the public after the provincial election on October 10, 2007.
Article source Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General


Law Commission of Ontario will recommend legal-system reforms
Posted September 12, 2007 - Ontario's law schools, law societies, and the Attorney General have launched a new law commission which will recommend measures to improve Ontario's legal system.
Article source Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General


Province introduces standards, watchdog agency for retirement homes
Posted September 12, 2007 - The Ontario government plans to introduce consumer legislation that will create standards of care for retirement homes as well as an agency to enforce them.
Article source Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration


Call for proposals to develop family law public legal education materials
Posted September 11, 2007 - Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) is inviting community organizations to submit a proposal to partner in the development and delivery of family law public legal education materials for women. All proposals must be received by October 15, 2007.
Article source Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration


Coalition raises awareness about poverty in racialized communities
Posted September 10, 2007 - A coaltion of legal clinics and other groups from racialized communities has launched the Colour of Poverty Campaign to call attention to the growing problem of poverty in their communities.
Article source Toronto Star


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