Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal has recently ruled that a 9-year-old boy with autism does not have the right to bring his service dog with him to class. This ruling marks the first legal disposition of a dispute between parents and their regional school board that began back in 2014. Their son has a certified service […]
Gender-neutral passports will soon be making their way into the hands of Canadians. Canadians who do not identify as male or female will soon be able to mark an “X” on their passports instead of “M” or “F”. Allowing this change addresses the current state of society and the changes in gender identity and expression, […]
There has been an on-going debate as to whether expedited visa programs for highly-skilled foreign trained workers are salutary from a domestic labour point of view. One perspective decries them as facilitating domestic job theft, while an alternative perspective recognizes that such visas are necessary to fill glaring gaps in the domestic labour pool. The […]
Frustrated about getting a parking ticket and having to fight it, only to realize your court date is set for a time too far in the future? Well, the parking dispute process is about to change on Monday. Back in 2015 the city cancelled 880,000 tickets due to limited court capacity that created delays in […]
United Soils v. Mohammed is the first Ontario judicial ruling to award damages to a defendant under Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation that was enacted in 2010. The government has been trying to stop misuse of the court with Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, a.k.a. SLAPP lawsuits. These lawsuits are intended to censor, intimidate and silence public […]
By: Stuart Clark, Student-at-Law According to the Financial Post, Sears Canada has agreed to create a fund for former employees who were denied severance payments as the company restructures itself. The deal was hammered out by lawyers representing the company and workers, and will be funded to the tune of $500,000—coming directly from money earmarked […]
By: Samantha Hamilton, Student-at-Law There is a gap in the deportation system, and it is being filled with indefinite detention. But is this acceptable? A recent decision from the Federal Court says yes, the gap is a misapplication of an appropriate, acceptable law. Alvin Brown spent five years in immigration detention before his deportation order […]
By: Stuart Clark, Student-at-Law According to the Toronto Star, the Ontario government has offered faculty members at the province’s colleges a 7.5% wage hike. However, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (“OPSEU”), has called for a strike vote in the fall—wanting to address other issues beyond compensation. Employers and workers represented by a union negotiate […]
By: Katelyn Bell, Summer Law Student The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”) guarantees certain protections to Canadian citizens, such as the right to life, liberty and security of the person; the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure; and the right not to be subjected to any cruel or unusual treatment […]
By: Nicolas Di Nardo Tuesday night, a teen was charged after colliding with a police cruiser. The car the teenager was driving was allegedly stolen. Peel Region Police were responding to a call around 6 p.m. about an incident near Camilla Road Senior Public School. A group of teenagers in a black SUV had approached […]