Ontario regulation 123/19
Ontario government amends SABS to confirm that HST payments not to be included toward medical, rehabilitation and attendant care limits. Effective June 3, 2019.
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Legal aid cuts will clog Ontario’s already crowded courts, lawyers warn
Lawyers are warning that fresh changes to Ontario’s legal aid system triggered by Ford government funding cuts will clog up the courts and reduce people’s chances of getting a fair bail hearing.
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Legal Aid Ontario to cut $14.5M from clinic system
Legal Aid Ontario has announced how it plans to slash more than $70 million from its budget, including a $14.5-million cut to clinics, amid a steep funding decline from the provincial government.
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CU Total Loss Series: Bending Time
In the first two parts of our series on total losses, published in April and May, we estimated that the insurance industry is taking between 19 and 25 days on average to resolve a total loss. Assuming that average storage yard fees and rental costs alone cost an insurer approximately $105 per day, and assuming an insurer sees about 2,500 total losses a year, shaving 10 days off the cycle time would save about $2.6 million per year.
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Installing Fear
This report provides an in-depth legal and policy analysis of technology-facilitated intimate partner surveillance (IPS) under Canadian law. In particular, the analysis focuses on a growing marketplace of spyware products that exists online and in major software application (app) stores.
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Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Quality Standard: Tools for implementation
Health Quality Ontario’s Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Quality Standard provides guidance on the prescribing, monitoring, and tapering of opioids to treat chronic pain for people 15 years of age and older in all care settings.
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$65,000 Non-Pecuniary Assessment for Likely “Indefinite” Neck and Back Injury
In today’s case (Poulin v. Armstrong) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2013 collision. She was a passenger at the time and was 14 years of age. The Defendant admitted fault. The crash caused soft tissue injuries to her neck and upper back which became chronic and were expected to linger indefinitely.
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ABI: The Silent Epidemic
Acquired brain injury (ABI) has become recognized throughout the world as a problem of epidemic proportions and it has become known as The Silent Epidemic. Learn more about ABI, methods of prevention and how an OT can assist with recovery in the following infographic.