Being disabled is increasingly a trigger for poverty and hunger, according to a new report profiling food bank clients across the GTA.
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Insurance firms facing ‘a lot more disciplinary action at the provincial level,’ lawyer warns
OTTAWA — Canadian insurers and agents are encountering “more frequent use” of fines by provincial regulators, the federal regulator will be exploring the risks associated with cloud computing and the recent leak of nude photos of celebrities using Apple Inc.’s Internet services has raised awareness of cyber risk among insurance regulators, speakers suggested recently at the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC).
N.S. mom collects 700 signatures in fight to save daughter’s insurance settlement
Louise Misner’s daughter Joellan sustained a serious brain injury in a car crash in 1996 at the age of 15. The crash also claimed two young lives after the young driver swerved to miss a dog on the road in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.
15% rate reduction in Ontario not doable, IBC exec says
“The point that we’re trying to make to (the government) is that is that as politically embarrassing as it may be to not meet the 15% target, it’s going to be a lot more politically embarrassing if they have to oversee rising premiums during their time in office,” Sulzenko-Laurie said.
CPSO takes action on Rothbart Clinic story
Section 75(1)(a) Investigation
5. Dr. James was the subject of an investigation under s. 75(1)(a) of the Health Professions
Procedural Code. In respect of this investigation, it is alleged that between 2012 and 2014,
Dr. James failed to maintain the standard of practice, and displayed incompetence in his care
and treatment of patients, in his aseptic technique and infection control practices.
6. Dr. James engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct in:
(a) the manner in which he dealt with the College’s investigation, including by providing
clinic nurses with a document to which they should refer during their interviews with
the College; and
(b) his conduct following the Toronto Public Health investigation.
Toronto Public Health needs to warn public about bad clinics: Editorial
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario should post inspection results of private clinics on its website. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2014/09/22/toronto_public_health_needs_to_warn_public_about_bad_clinics_editorial.html
Infection outbreak at pain clinic sparks calls for greater transparency
Critics are calling for more transparency into infection outbreaks at clinics as more patients come forward with stories about developing meningitis and other serious infections at a Toronto pain centre.
POLL RESULTS
The results for the latest Law Times online poll are in.
The right to sue in the personal injury field is always controversial, and in the latest poll the majority of respondents took issue with the Ontario government’s plan to remove the right to sue auto insurers for accident benefits under bill 15.
In July, Finance Minister Charles Sousa introduced bill 15, the fighting fraud and reducing automobile insurance rates act. If passed, the bill would eliminate the right to sue an insurer for accident benefits through the Ontario Superior Court. Such disputes would instead go to the Licence Appeal Tribunal, a move the government says will promote efficiency and resolve matters faster.
But for 58 per cent of those who responded to the Law Times poll, forcing people to launch separate accident-benefits and tort proceedings will complicate the system.
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201409224201/inside-story/monday-september-22-2014
Social Justice: Time to abolish Ontario’s civil jury trials
“Judicial resources must be husbanded to ensure that the courts function properly and that litigants have access to a justice system that meets the highest possible standards.”