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Soothing the aggressive attorney: Lawyers are finding ways to be healers rather than adversaries
From a Toronto Star article: Good lawyers are fearless adversaries, smart, tough and, when need be, aggressive. Or so they’ve been taught.
Toronto Star
Program helps ‘unaccompanied minors’ navigate Canada’s refugee process
When Ivie Okaro was 16 and still lived in a rural area 240 kilometres northwest of Lagos, Nigeria, she dreamed of going to university, of becoming a doctor or a nurse. But she had to drop out of school because her father, a farmer who sold palm oil, fell into financial trouble and couldn’t afford the fees.
Toronto Star
RCMP stops responding to people using access to information laws: information commissioner
Canada’s national police force is violating the rights of some Canadians trying to access RCMP documents, according to the country’s information watchdog.
Access to Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says over the past months her office began receiving complaints from individuals saying they were not hearing back from the RCMP after filing access to information requests.
Global News
Seniors’ healthcare should be a federal priority: CMA poll
Canadians have little confidence in the ability of the health-care system to meet the needs of a burgeoning number of seniors and they are looking to government to shift their priorities and come up with a coherent plan.
That’s the message that emerges from a new poll commissioned by the Canadian Medical Association.
The Globe and Mail
Report says access to justice in Canada ‘abysmal,’ calls for change by 2030
Access to justice in Canada is being described as “abysmal” in a new report from the Canadian Bar Association, which also calls for much more than “quick fix” solutions.
The summary report, released Sunday at the association’s conference in Saskatoon, says there is profoundly unequal access to justice in Canada.
The Globe and Mail
Latest Resources
Mental Illness, Criminal Offences, & Deportation
People with mental illness come into conflict with the law in disproportionate numbers. If they are not Canadian citizens, this can put them at risk of being removed from Canada. This publication is a resource for front-line workers helping clients with mental illness who may be at risk of removal because of their involvement with the criminal justice system.
The Employment Standards branch of the Ministry of Labour has information on vacation time and vacation pay, and what employees are entitled to for both.
This Landlord’s Self-Help Centre fact sheet looks at issues such as what happens when a tenant declares bankruptcy, how a landlord becomes aware of a tenant bankruptcy, and what happens if a landlord has served a notice to terminate a tenancy for non-payment of rent and the tenant assigns into bankruptcy.
Latest Common Question(s)
I rent my basement to a tenant who has a regular overnight visitor. Can I put a stop to it?
What if a claimant is unsuccessful at their refugee protection hearing?
What are the rules about reporting elder abuse?
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