News & Events
Clinic's racism complaint to go ahead
Posted July 13, 2010 - A Law Times article reports that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has refused a request by Legal Aid Ontario to dismiss a long-standing racism complaint by the African Canadian Legal Clinic.
Article source Law Times
Human Rights Tribunal awards $20,000 to employee fired after cancer diagnosis
Posted July 13, 2010 - A post on the Community Advocacy and Legal Centre Employment Rights blog describes the case of a woman who was fired after her employer learned she would need time off for treatment when she was diagnosed with cancer.
Article source Community Advocacy & Legal Centre
July 27: Workshop on Family Law and Children's Aid
July 27, 2010 - This workshop features family and child protection lawyer Renuka Satchithananthan, and will cover child custody and access, child support, and child protection.
Article source Community Action Resource Centre
Ministry of Unpaid Labour: Local workers owed wages but have no hopes the Ministry will do its job
Posted July 13, 2010 - A press release from the Community Advocacy and Legal Centre tells about five workers in Belleville who have lost faith in the Ministry of Labour's ability to collect their back pay.
Article source Community Advocacy & Legal Centre
Ottawa cuts funding to residential schools lobby group
Posted July 13, 2010 - The Globe and Mail reports that the Department of Indian Affairs has cut funding to a national organization that speaks on behalf of former residential school students, and the group's leader is calling the move retribution for his harsh criticism of how the government and churches are handling a landmark 2007 settlement.
Article source The Globe and Mail
Arizona Payday Lenders Leave State After Voters, Legislature Let High-Interest Loans Expire
Posted July 12, 2010 - An article in the Huffington Post says that payday loan lenders are leaving Arizona because the state now now caps the annual interest rates for loans at 36 percent.
Chain of command questioned in G20
Posted July 12, 2010 - A Toronto Star article says that it isn't clear who should be answering to claims of alleged excessive police force and disregarded civil liberties at the G20 Summit protests.
Article source Toronto Star
Community Harvest Ontario will increase fresh, local food donations by hundreds of thousands of pounds
Posted July 12, 2010 - A news release from the Ontario Association of Food Banks describes a new farm partnership program that will increase the amount of fresh, healthy, local food acquired and distributed by food banks across the province.
Article source Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB)
Energy Minister gives 'green' light to low-income energy programs
Posted July 12, 2010 - A Low-Income Energy Network news release says that the Ontario government has asked the Ontario Energy Board to resume work on a province-wide strategy to help low-income consumers reduce their energy consumption and costs.
Article source Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN)
How to reform Children's Aid
Posted July 12, 2010 - An editorial in the Toronto Star says the recommendations of a commission set up by Children's Minister Laurel Broten to provide advice on making CASs more financially sustainable deserves attention.
Article source Toronto Star
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