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Descrease article font size Increase article font size One day before a governance agreement between the Alberta government, Legal Aid Alberta and the Law Society of Alberta was set to expire, a new five-year deal has been announced between the three parties. “The provision of legal aid services in Alberta …
Read More »Rail workers union launches legal challenge to binding arbitration order
The union representing thousands of railroaders has appealed the moves that ended the rail shutdown last week — a work stoppage that halted freight and commuter traffic across the country. In filings to the Federal Court of Appeal, the Teamsters union challenged directives for binding arbitration issued to a labour …
Read More »Not everyone has AC, but do you have a legal ‘right to cooling’ in Canada? – National
As many parts of Canada reeled under hot weather, a group representing migrant farm workers wrote a letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday, urging him to put protections in place for those toiling in the fields. “Farmworkers are 35 times more likely than the general public to die …
Read More »Toronto staff looking into Ontario’s legal duties, if any, to operate science centre
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 28, 2024 1:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre, after Premier Doug Ford’s government abruptly shuttered the …
Read More »Sarah Jama’s censure an ‘abuse of power,’ NDP tried to muzzle her: legal docs
Hamilton Centre Independent MPP Sarah Jama says the motion that effectively censured her at Queen’s Park is an “abuse of power” by the province and alleges that her then-party, the Ontario NDP, failed to support her right to free speech, forbade her from further comment and even accused her of …
Read More »Calgary legal support group calls on candidates to focus on people who can’t afford lawyers
A Calgary organization that offers free legal services to people who don’t qualify for legal aid in Alberta is calling on candidates in the provincial election to remove barriers to accessing justice. “We have political parties talking specifically about crime in our downtown area and on our trains, and there …
Read More »What happened when COVID-19 skeptical legal cases made it to court in Ontario?
In October 2021, a handful of protesters loyal to the QAnon conspiracy movement gathered outside a public health building in eastern Ontario. “You are interfering with them being served,” a security guard standing in front of the Peterborough Public Health building was told by one protester in a video posted …
Read More »Inquiry to probe legal advice government received on Emergencies Act as justice minister testifies
Justice Minister David Lametti is expected to field questions about the legal advice the federal government got before invoking the Emergencies Act to deal with anti-public health measure protests last winter when he testifies before the public inquiry later today. The attorney general is one of three federal ministers before …
Read More »Free legal aid now available to all Black students in Ontario schools
Haweya Farah’s family is in a dispute with her 10-year-old brother’s Ottawa-area school and its school board, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO). The fifth grader has been in a specialized-language program without the consent of his parents, Farah said. Often families like Farah’s don’t know where …
Read More »Defence lawyers to stage walkout in Edmonton and Calgary Friday over legal aid funding
Alberta defence lawyers will stage a 90-minute courthouse walkout in Edmonton and Calgary on Friday morning, to protest the lack of progress in their fight with the provincial government for increased legal aid funding. The planned walkout will take place between 9 and 10:30 a.m. The demonstration is the latest salvo in …
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