News & Events
Put Food in the Budget launches its Do the Math Challenge
Posted October 6, 2010 - The Do the Math Challenge asks participants to rely on a diet that a person on social assistance might receive from a food bank for three days to a week.
Article source Put Food in the Budget
Advocates call for national action on missing women
Posted October 4, 2010 - The federal government should regard some of the hundreds of documented cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women as a human smuggling issue and develop a national strategy to solve the crimes, says the senior lawyer for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
Article source Law Times
Campaign calls for prosecutorial guidelines for HIV non-disclosure
Posted October 4, 2010 - The Ontario Working Group on Criminal Law and HIV Exposure has launched a campaign calling on the Attorney General to develop guidelines for criminal prosecutors in cases involving allegations of non-disclosure of HIV status.
Article source Ontario AIDS Network
Canada's programs for disabled too complex, says OECD
Posted October 4, 2010 - Canadians with disabilities or health problems are caught in a complex web of federal and provincial programs that make it almost impossible for them to join or remain in the workforce, says a new OECD report.
Article source Toronto Star
Legal aid: A system in peril
Posted October 4, 2010 - An article in Canadian Lawyer Magazine describes how legal aid in all parts of Canada has become a fractured system and notes that a number of studies have called for boosts to funding levels and a more innovative approach to delivery of legal services to those in need.
Article source Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Support needed for proposed bill giving farm tax credits for food bank donations
Posted October 4, 2010 - A petition has been created to support Bill 78, a private member's bill put forward by Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey, which seeks a tax credit for farmers who donate produce or livestock to local food banks.
Article source Bill Bailey, Sarnia-Lambton MPP
Toronto Chinatown grocer's controversial trial begins
Posted October 4, 2010 - The high-profile trial of a Toronto Chinatown store owner charged with assault and forcible confinement after apprehending a shoplifter begins Monday.
Article source Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
$45M dental-care boost protects poorest children
Posted October 1, 2010 - Ontario is expanding free dental services for poor children to include preventative care such as check-ups, cleanings, X-rays and fillings, the Star has learned.
Article source Toronto Star
Commentary: The reverse Robin Hoods of EI
Posted October 1, 2010 - In a Globe and Mail column, Brian Topp comments on the federal government's recent announcement to reconsider a planned increase in Employment Insurance premiums.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Lawyers should not use Facebook to 'Friend' Potential Witnesses Under False Pretenses, Ethics Opinion Says
Posted September 30, 2010 - Lawyers cannot use trickery to obtain evidence on Facebook and other social networking sites, according to a new ethics opinion from the New York City Bar Association.
Article source ABA Journal
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