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It’s Time To Eliminate Ontario’s Costly And Ineffective LHINs

Over the past few months, much has been written about Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs). But what exactly are they? How do they relate to the average person? What role do they play in health care? What’s their purpose?

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sohail-gandhi/ontario-lhin_b_9258894.html

Access to Justice: A Social Justice Issue

According to a recent study, fully one-third of Canadians will experience a legal problem within any given three-year period. This includes divorcing parents needing child support, small business owners trying to make a living, homeowners facing unscrupulous contractors, hard-working Canadians in conflict with their employers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/nikki-gershbain/canadian-social-justice_b_9290224.html

Breakfast Workshop : March 29 ORA AGM & Workshop Agenda (March 29, 2016)

http://www.ontariorehaballiance.com/514/Breakfast-Workshop–March-29-ORA-AGM-and-Workshop-Agenda-(March-29,-2016)-.html

Fentanyl now leading cause of opioid deaths in Ontario

Fentanyl has become the leading cause of opioid deaths in Ontario for the first time since Canada’s prescription painkiller crisis began more than a decade ago, new figures show.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fentanyl-now-leading-cause-of-opioid-deaths-in-ontario/article28832627/

Warning Notice – Unlicensed Entity Selling False Auto Insurance

The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) is warning consumers that an organization known as J. Cameron Agency is not licensed to do insurance business in Ontario.

http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/warning-notice—unlicensed-entity-selling-false-auto-insurance-569672971.html

Anxiety. Depression. Bankruptcy. One family’s battle with workplace injury

In 2010, Matthew Harrison was just a regular young man with his life ahead of him: he was building up his work credentials, saving up for a car and speakers, sometimes juggling up to four jobs at once.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/02/19/anxiety-depression-bankruptcy-one-familys-battle-with-workplace-injury.html

survey is for Accident Victims who were injured in Ontario Motor Vehicle Collisions

This survey is for Accident Victims who were injured in Ontario Motor Vehicle Collisions (MVCs). The purpose of this survey is to collect information regarding victims’ experience in regards to obtaining Ontario Accident Benefits from insurers. Absolutely no personal information is collected or shared.

Ontario simplifies medical reviews for people on disability support

Queen’s Park is scrapping its “difficult and intimidating” medical review process for people receiving income support from the Ontario Disability Support Program, in favour of a simpler approach.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/02/18/ontario-simplifies-medical-reviews-for-people-on-disability-support.html

Why you need optional car insurance benefits

Several changes to the Ontario Accident Benefits regime in recent years have meant that you do need many of the optional benefits offered by your car insurance company. Because these optional increases cost more money, many people opt not to purchase them. Unfortunately, it is only after they are injured in a car accident that people realize why the optional benefits are important.

http://otlablog.com/why-you-need-optional-car-insurance-benefits/

How those tiny cameras have changed the way personal injury cases are litigated in Ontario

Just as video evidence can be used against Defendants, the same can be said for the same video evidence to be used against a Plaintiff. While a Plaintiff may describe the car accident as a major collision; the video evidence may show that the collision was simply a “tap”. This is why it’s important for Plaintiffs to always tell the truth in the context of their respective car accident cases in Ontario. You never know what evidence will surface in the context of a personal injury case, and how that very same evidence will be used against you.

http://www.torontoinjurylawyerblog.com/2016/02/tiny-cameras-changed-way-personal-injury-cases-litigated-ontario.html#more-924