If you don’t have to worry about having a roof over your head this month or next, the numbers will be alarming.
For a decade now, the grim figures have held steady in London: Every week, 75 to 100 people receive eviction notices from rental housing.
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Health Canada to spot check medical marijuana after tainted pot recall
Health Canada says it will begin random testing of medical marijuana products to check for the presence of banned pesticides after product recalls affecting nearly 25,000 customers led to reports of illnesses and the possibility of a class action lawsuit.
Direct Funding Program
Direct Funding is an innovative program enabling adults with physical disabilities to become employers of their own attendants. Attendants assist with routine activities of living, such as dressing, grooming and bathing. As employers, participants are fully responsible for managing their own employees within a budget that is developed on an individual basis.
Star launches legal challenge to end secrecy in Ontario tribunals
On Monday, the Toronto Star launched a legal challenge aimed at ending blanket secrecy in the provincial tribunal system that shrouds public records — about alleged human rights abuses, police misconduct, environmental offences and landlord-tenant disputes — from the view of Ontarians.
More revelations on auto premiums’ inflated legal costs
Lawyers’ contingency and referral fees driving up the cost of auto insurance made waves at the end of January, and now more details of unverified claims by Ontario’s personal injury legal firms are coming to light.
IBC releases submission to Ontario’s Red Tape Challenge
IBC wants a number of changes, such as conducting consumer transactions electronically, facilitating interactions between insurers and consumers, and using technology and new approaches for improving underwriting and pricing.
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Lawyers warn court delays are creating black hole in Canada’s justice system
Justice might think she is swift and fair, but in Canada court delays are endemic. The president of the Ontario Crown Attorneys Association is warning that thousands of serious charges are at risk of being tossed out of the courts because of delays.
Law society should clean up dubious legal ads
For years, Ontario lawyers were barred from advertising their services. Crass commercial pleas, it was thought, would reflect badly on the profession and undermine trust in the legal system. This prohibition was eventually – and reasonably – deemed an impediment to the public’s right to know what legal services are available and, in 1987, the Law Society of Upper Canada changed the rules to allow for ads as long as they were factually verifiable, accurate and generally preserving of the public trust.
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When Your Judge Isn’t A Lawyer
Do you want to be a massage therapist in Helena, Montana? You’ll need 500 hours of study to receive your license first.
What about a barber at a shop in Billings? Get ready to spend 1,500 hours practicing your craft.
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Professionals entitled to learn lessons from past complaints
A recent decision, JRP (MD) v. VG 2016 CanLII 66783 (ON HPARB), from the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB) acts as a reminder that health care professionals are entitled to learn from past mistakes and should be given a chance to show that they have improved their practice after completing remedial courses.