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February 20, 2020

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Ford should tackle auto insurance rip-off

There must be a shelf somewhere deep in the bowels of the Ontario government reserved for studies showing that drivers in this province pay way too much for auto insurance.

Prominently featured would be a 2017 report carried out by David Marshall, a former CEO of Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, for the former Wynne government

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2020/02/18/ford-should-tackle-auto-insurance-rip-off.html

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End of road for vehicle occupant sued for negligent parenting

A defendant in a negligent parenting lawsuit cannot make a liability claim under the auto policy of the vehicle in which he and his daughter were riding as passengers. 
 
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Insurance rate increases absolutely unacceptable: NDP Critic for Service Alberta

That’s how much auto insurance rates skyrocketed by for some Albertans at the end of this year, after Premier Jason Kenney and the UCP removed the five per cent cap on rate increases that our NDP government brought in, taking a “no limit” approach to how much insurance companies could actually raise rates.
 
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Ian Mulgrew: Legal community bristling over Eby’s legerdemain

The Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. feels played by Attorney-General David Eby, considering him more like Machiavelli, the Italian political schemer, than a champion of civil rights and transparent government. 
 
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I used to own a condo in Toronto. How I ended up living in Dufferin Grove Park

As a young woman, I was a flight attendant for Air Canada. In 1990, during a layover in Zagreb, I was pushed out of an airport bus by a passenger who was rushing to catch her plane. The bus exit was several feet off the ground, and I fell, head first, onto the concrete. The impact caused severe brain damage: for years, I was unable to read and barely able to speak. 
 
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No one is safe from Canada’s third leading cause of death.

Every year, 28,000 Candians die from preventable heathcare harm. Silence plays a major role. If something about your treatment feels wrong, looks wrong or is wrong, speak up—in the moment 
 
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Brain Injury Speaks, the Stakeholder Engagement Network of Ontario

Thank you for your interest in joining Brain Injury Speaks, the Stakeholder Engagement Network of Ontario. We hope to strengthen the voice of the brain injury community across Ontario. 
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A tiny area of the brain may enable consciousness, says “exhilarating” study

In a wild new experiment conducted on monkeys, scientists discovered that a tiny, but powerful area of the brain may enable consciousness: the central lateral thalamus. Activation of the central lateral thalamus and deep layers of the cerebral cortex drives pathways in the brain that carry information between the parietal and frontal lobe in the brain, the study suggests. 
 

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