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Latest news and events about legal issues and law reform

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Adoption subsidies help children find a family
Posted May 18, 2011 - A Toronto Star editorial says adoption subsidies should be an option when adopting children with special medical and emotional needs that require costly services.
Article source Toronto Star


Government of Ontario Implementing Recommendations of Expert Safety Panel
Posted May 18, 2011 - In the largest revamp of Ontario's worker safety system in 30 years, a series of new amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Workplace Safety and Insurance Act have passed.
Article source Government of Ontario


Labour minister responds to Workers' Action Centre report on wage theft
Posted May 18, 2011 - An article and an editorial on wage theft in the Toronto Star follow the publication of a report on the topic by the Workers' Action Centre.
Article source Toronto Star


May - June: Financial literacy workshops
May 26, 2011 - These three workshops are presented by Access Alliance and Green Pastures Society. The first workshop is on income tax opportunities for newcomers to Canada.


Ontarians speak up on the well-being of children
Posted May 18, 2011 - The Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies has released a report that shows Ontarians feel strongly about protecting children of all ages from abuse and neglect, helping find permanent families for children, providing better lives for Aboriginal children, and providing better education opportunities for children in care.
Article source Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies


The coming conservative court: Harper to reshape judiciary
Posted May 18, 2011 - Legal experts believe that when the Prime Minister replaces retiring Supreme Court justices, he will usher in a decades-long course of conservative Charter of Rights rulings and low-key deference to Parliament.
Article source The Globe and Mail


Young woman faces insurance hoops due to father with Huntington's
Posted May 18, 2011 - Liberal MPP Mike Colle (Eglinton-Lawrence) is introducing a private member's bill, which would amend the Human Rights Code to include "genetic characteristics" as a prohibited ground of discrimination, along with race, marital status, and disability.
Article source Toronto Star


Canadian Environmental Law Association launches French public information sessions across Ontario
The Canadian Environmental Law Association will be delivering free French public information sessions in May and June on environmental law, health, and public participation to four regions (and seven communities) in Ontario.
Article source Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)


City of Toronto Services Review
Posted May 17, 2011 - To address Toronto's 2012 budget gap of $774 million, City Council has launched a review of all of its services and implemented a multi-year financial planning process.


Coalition of churches condemns Ottawa's justice plan
Posted May 17, 2011 - Congregations of Christian churches across Canada are being asked to tell the federal Conservative government they don't want to pay for its justice agenda.
Article source The Globe and Mail


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