News & Events
Good jobs a lifeline for people with mental illness
Posted May 30, 2011 - If you have a mental health problem, you are on ODSP and you may lose so many benefits that it is simply not worth your while financially to work. This is a shame because a job is more than the money -- it is a link to the rest of the community and it is good for your health.
Article source Toronto Star
Hudak's big pitch: Working on the chain gang
Posted May 30, 2011 - A Toronto Star editorial criticizes Ontario Conservative Leader Tim Hudak's plan to make inmates clean garbage off the city streets.
Article source Toronto Star
Workers Action Centre focuses on former live-in caregiver's wage theft lawsuit
Posted May 30, 2011 - Articles from the CBC and the Toronto Star focus on a nanny who says she was paid a mere $100 a month over two years and is now suing her former employer for $195,000, in a case her supporters say highlights rampant mistreatment of low-income and migrant workers.
Article source Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
FCJ Refugee Centre inviting settlement, frontline workers to complete survey
Posted May 25, 2011 - FCJ Refugee Centre is asking settlement and frontline workers to complete a survey related to family violence within refugee and immigrant communities and how refugee and immigration legislation affect services offered to survivors of family violence.
Article source FCJ Refugee Centre
Finding Government Services On The Go
Posted May 25, 2011 - Ontarians can now use mobile devices to find government services such as driver's licence and health card renewals.
Article source Government of Ontario
Human traffic victims hope to stay
Posted May 25, 2011 - In the largest local case of its kind yet, 19 victims of human trafficking are appearing before Canadian immigration officials in Windsor to determine whether they should be allowed to remain in Canada.
Article source Windsor Star
New French legal advice line in Southwestern Ontario
Posted May 25, 2011 - Low-income residents of Southwestern Ontario can now access clinic services over the phone in French.
Article source Legal Aid Ontario
Ontario's top court could get Harper make-over
Posted May 25, 2011 - Every time a federally appointed judge elects to become "supernumerary" and work halftime in partial retirement, it creates an opening for the Harper government to appoint a new full-time judge.
Article source Toronto Star
Silver Advisory Program launched to help police and families find missing seniors with dementia
Posted May 25, 2011 - The Ontario government is developing a program to help quickly find seniors with Alzheimer's and other cognitive impairments when they are missing.
Article source Government of Ontario
Supreme Court vacancies spark calls to reform selection process
Posted May 25, 2011 - The selection process to fill the void at the Supreme Court of Canada needs further reform, according to a leading commentator on the country's top court.
Article source Law Times
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