Ontario’s new caseload management system for recipients of provincial disability assistance will increase wait times, result in more underpayments/overpayments and could result in payment suspensions for qualified individuals.
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Another Queen’s Park computer mess, union says
A new system installed by the Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS) is in shambles and has generated millions of dollars of overpayments and other glitches in the system.
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/29/another-queens-park-computer-mess-union-saysCommunity expresses outrage with health group’s cuts
The local CACC started making cuts just under a month ago after announcing that they were suffering from a $5-million deficit, which was later revealed as a $5.9-million hole. These cuts equated to home nursing visits being slashed by 33 per cent, as well long-term clients having their minimal care removed — just like Havens, who used to receive two hours a week.
Judicial vacancies pile up
“There simply aren’t enough Superior Court judges to deal with the volume that’s going through our system,”
Achieving the Fundamental Goal of the Civil Justice System
Justice David Brown delivered a paper on 21 November 2014 at the Carleton County Law Association Annual Meeting in which he sets out a 5 point action plan for moving the judicial system towards achieving its fundamental goal – the fair, timely and cost effective determination of civil cases on their merits. http://www.slaw.ca/2014/12/01/achieving-the-fundamental-goal-of-the-civil-justice-system/
You can read it here: 2014.Carleton.Cty.LA.final.Mt.Tremblant.nov
Speaker’s Corner: Should regulators report suspected crimes to police?
Some members of the media have criticized regulators like the Law Society of Upper Canada and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for not reporting potential crimes committed by their members to police.
The core mandate of regulators of self-regulated professions is to regulate the profession in the public interest. My experience is that regulators take this mandate very seriously, but does this public-protection mandate extend to reporting potential crimes to the police? And does it extend to preventing future harm beyond the regulatory sanctions it may impose on members of the college?
The core mandate of regulators of self-regulated professions is to regulate the profession in the public interest. My experience is that regulators take this mandate very seriously, but does this public-protection mandate extend to reporting potential crimes to the police? And does it extend to preventing future harm beyond the regulatory sanctions it may impose on members of the college?
Supreme Court of Canada grants Zurich Insurance leave to appeal ruling over Ontario auto ‘pay first dispute later’ system
The Supreme Court of Canada recently announced it has granted, to Zurich Insurance, leave to appeal a Court of Appeal for Ontario ruling, over an auto insurance claim, released last May.
A good start, but government patience is needed: broker
Readers nodded in agreement with Aviva Canada’s take on Bill 15, and the need for continued efforts by all stakeholders to make auto insurance viable.
“The Use of an Interpreter, on its Own, Is Irrelevant to the Issue of Credibility”
Reasons for judgment were released today by the BC Supreme Court addressing whether a witness who has a good understanding of English should have their credibility negatively assessed where they choose to testify trough an interpreter. In short, the Court held that this factor alone is irrelevant in assessing credibility.