News & Events
Peel's 'hard-line' police abuse the law: critics
Posted June 29, 2011 - For the second time in less than a month, a judge has set free someone charged by Peel Regional Police, and ruled that officers lied and intimidated suspects.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Why Don't You People Just Get Over It? Here's Why
Posted June 29, 2011 - A video put together by Canada's largest labor union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada, celebrated National Aboriginal Day by launching a new campaign, Justice for Aboriginal Peoples -- It's Time!
Article source IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com
B.C. government appeals landmark sperm donor ruling
Posted June 28, 2011 - The B.C. government is appealing a landmark ruling last month that gave the offspring of sperm donors the same rights as adopted children in learning about their biological parents when they come of age.
Article source Vancouver Sun
Canada Learning Bond helps low-income families
Posted June 28, 2011 - The Canada Learning Bond is so little known that in Toronto alone, some 78,000 eligible families don't claim it, even though it is open to any child born since 2004 whose net family income is no more than $41,000 a year.
Article source Toronto Star
Police chiefs urge province to tackle mental health
Posted June 28, 2011 - The provincial government should boost mental health services because a growing number of people with those problems are getting into trouble with the law, Ontario's police chiefs say.
Article source Toronto Star
Reminder: June 29: Launch of report, 'What stops us from working?'
June 29, 2011 - This report addresses the Ontario Disability Support Program earning rules and administrative practices that create barriers to employment among ODSP recipients. The celebration will include breakfast, a summary of the authors' proposed changes to ODSP, and recognition of the recipients featured in the report.
Article source The Dream Team
'Mega-Trials' Legislation Receives Royal Assent
Posted June 28, 2011 - The Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act has as its goal to ensure that so-called "mega-trials," large and complex cases involving illegal activities such as drug trafficking, white-collar crime, terrorism, organized crime or gang-related activity, can be heard more swiftly and effectively.
Article source Department of Justice Canada
First Nations people now covered under rights act
Posted June 27, 2011 - First Nations people living on reserves will get the same human rights protections as other Canadians for the first time, following the closing of a 30-year legislative gap.
Article source Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Human Rights and Policing Guide launched
Posted June 27, 2011 - As part of its ongoing work with police across the province, the Ontario Human Rights Commission has released a new guide. Human rights and policing: creating and sustaining organizational change aims to encourage and support police services across Ontario in building human rights into all their work.
Article source Ontario Human Rights Commission
Poverty reduction does make a difference
Posted June 27, 2011 - The author of an opinion piece in the Toronto Star looks at poverty reduction measures in Ontario and concludes that government commitment matched by good policy can make a big difference in people's lives.
Article source Toronto Star
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