News & Events
Translator error sinks woman's refugee hearing
Posted July 19, 2011 - Refugee law experts decry the Immigration and Refugee Board's translation services as a "crisis" leading to injustice for legitimate refugees, delays in hearings and costly litigation, after a translator "butchered" a woman's testimony.
Article source National Post
Counselling before breakup: New Ontario divorce rules start Monday
Posted July 18, 2011 - Every couple hoping to get a divorce through the provincial court system will have to attend an information session about alternatives to going to court, and will also be given the option to attend a mediation session paid for by the attorney general's office.
Egale Canada Announces Partnership with Hate Crimes Expert
Posted July 18, 2011 - Egale Canada has announced a partnership with Dr. Barbara Perry, a specialist in hate and bias-motivated crime, in response to the upward trend in hate crimes recently revealed by Statistics Canada.
Article source EGALE Canada
Young criminals in Canada victims of federal legislation
Posted July 18, 2011 - Canada incarcerates more convicted youth than almost any similarly industrialized country, and new federal crime legislation is poised to drive those numbers higher.
Article source The Globe and Mail
A call for photographs, drawings and paintings depicting poverty in Canada
Posted July 15, 2011 - Canada Without Poverty seeks submissions of photographs, drawings, and paintings depicting poverty in Canada, from all regions and perspectives.
Article source povnet.org
Air Canada ordered to pay couple $12K over lack of French services
Posted July 15, 2011 - Air Canada must pay $12,000 and apologize to an Ottawa couple after admitting it failed to provide them with services in French, a Federal Court judge has ruled.
Article source Toronto Star
Explain immigration and refugee system to Canadians, advisory panel urges
Posted July 14, 2011 - Members of the Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security recommended the Conservatives clarify for Canadians the differences between immigrants and asylum-seekers, after the "regrettable" tone of public discussion about the arrival of hundreds of Tamil migrants by sea last year.
Article source Toronto Star
Rich Canadians Are Getting Richer
Posted July 14, 2011 - The richest group of Canadians increased their share of total national income while poor and middle-income individuals lost ground since 1993, according to The Conference Board of Canada's analysis of income inequality.
Article source Conference Board of Canada (CBOC)
Go ahead, sue me - I have insurance
Posted July 13, 2011 - The Globe and Mail's Law Page discusses legal protection insurance for consumers, which is largely unknown in Canada.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Lakehead University Law School to Focus on Aboriginal Issues
Posted July 13, 2011 - Lakehead University in Thunder Bay has received approval -- and $1.5 million in provincial funding -- to open the province's first law school in 42 years, and it will be geared toward aboriginal legal issues.
Article source IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com
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