The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), the government agency that regulates the insurance industry in Ontario, is trying to make auto insurance premiums more affordable and to give consumers more options. No one likes to overpay for insurance coverage that doesn’t suit them, so that’s the good news.
http://blog.caasco.com/
A Liberal politician whose husband was killed while riding his bicycle wants to change Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act so drivers who injure or kill someone in an accident will face the real possibility of going to jail.
Intact Insurance customers in New Brunswick are likely to be paying more for their auto insurance premiums starting next week, with some paying as much as 7.5 per cent more. The hike in rates is proving to be controversial in the province as the government says Intact has already made a lot of money and should be pushing to lower rates.
Dramatic changes to health-care services for injured workers, including a 40 per cent funding drop in rehabilitative treatment and a 30 per cent drop in drug benefit spending, is having a “devastating” impact on some of the province’s most vulnerable citizens, according to a letter obtained by the Star.
The research from Thunder Bay Counts, a group dedicated to social change in the city, also found that a family of four, on social assistance, will spend 40 per cent of its monthly income on healthy food.
A Liberal MPP who lost her husband a decade ago after he was hit by a truck while cycling introduced amendments to the Highway Traffic Act today that will stiffen penalties for those convicted of careless driving.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
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May 30, 2016 – The Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies (CASHRA) (1) is calling on all levels of government to enact federal, provincial and territorial legislation to meet Canada’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). (2)
A woman who suffered a brain injury in a car crash will not have to pay the interest on a litigation loan made by the wife of her former personal injury lawyer after the Divisional Court declared the agreement “unconscionable.”
Law Times reports new Law Society of Upper Canada rules will mean lawyers and paralegals must report other legal professionals whose conduct raises “substantial questions” about their honesty, trustworthiness, or competency. In my experience, people are loath to tattle on their neighbours if they must continue living next to them. It is a fundamentally human instinct to know that throwing mud on another can mean you end up getting dirty, even if you have well-placed suspicions or knowledge of wrongdoing by another.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/