A young woman who came to Canada as a temporary foreign worker, but was paralyzed in an accident, is asking Canadian officials not to deport her before a decision is made on her permanent residence application.
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STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE: DEFINING LEGAL PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
OTLA holds integrity, good advocacy, mutual respect and civility as core values. The OTLA Board of Directors has devoted an extraordinary amount of time, energy and resources creating our Standards of Excellence (SoE) and Code of Conduct for our membership.
How Simple Mistakes Can Lead to Large Claims
It’s easy to think that, at least in your office, a major claim couldn’t possibly happen. But LAWPRO’s experience shows that errors, innocent oversights and gaffes in any type of practice can lead to big problems. And if you or your firm don’t have adequate insurance in place to address the claim, you could be facing personal exposure. The number of LAWPRO claims with values that exceed $100,000 has risen sharply in recent years and often the mistakes that lead to such claims result from very simple errors.
http://www.slaw.ca/2015/02/16/how-simple-mistakes-can-lead-to-large-claims/
Constitutional Challenge Launched Against Flawed Ontario Liberal Government Automobile Insurance Legislation- Discriminatory and Unconstitutional
TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2015 /CNW/ – Joseph Campisi, lawyer and advocate, is launching a constitutional challenge in the Ontario Superior Courts. Mr. Campisi is seeking a declaration from the courts that parts of the legislation that were recently passed by the Liberal Government are discriminatory and unconstitutional and should be inoperative.
FAIR submission to 2015 Pre-budget Consultation
Respectfully, we cannot have a system where consumers are forced to buy a product that promises services that are delivered only half of the time and that downloads indiscriminately to our public supports while causing chaos in our court systems. All of these actions have a price to the taxpayer and should be addressed.
How to clean up the inconvenient stench in Ontario politics: Cohn
For a cool $1,000, the main lobby group for Ontario’s long-term care operators is offering special access to the province’s minister of health and long-term care — an “exclusive event” with Dr. Eric Hoskins, who controls a $52-billion budget.
Lawyers win exemptions from money-laundering law
The Supreme Court has declared sections of a federal anti-terrorism and money-laundering law to be unconstitutional, concluding a legal battle seen by Canada’s lawyers as a test of their profession’s independence.
Hundreds of ODSP workers rally across Ontario to protest SAMS breakdown
“It’s painfully obvious: SAMS has introduced chaos into Ontario’s social assistance system placing an incredible amount of pressure on frontline staff and depriving social assistance recipients of essential income, employment and medical supports,” Ontario Public Service Employees Union President Warren (Smokey) Thomas told a crowd of ODSP workers and supporters in downtown Toronto today.
Peel Region cop convicted in car-insurance scam
Judge rules that 23-year veteran Const. Carlton Watson was paid to provide accident reports that passed off bogus car crashes to collect more than $1 million.
Guest Column: Ontario’s doctors are scapegoats for health woes
Like most of my colleagues, I didn’t enter the field of medicine to become rich and famous. I entered medical school for one reason and one reason only – I wanted to help people. Unfortunately, the Liberal government here in Ontario is making it harder and harder for me to do so. That’s because after a year of negotiating with the Ontario Medical Association, the government has decided to impose a deal on doctors – reducing fees significantly – and cutting some $580 million from our healthcare budget.
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/opinion/guest-column-ontarios-doctors-are-scapegoats-for-health-woes