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Province fiddles, legal aid burns
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Province fiddles, legal aid burns
August 07, 2009.
The poor, criminals and lawyers tend not to be popular. Perhaps that explains why the province seems to be doing so little to end a legal aid boycott that threatens to undermine our justice system.
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Judge blasts ‘tragic’ neglect of legal aid
TheStar.com – Ontario – Judge blasts ‘tragic’ neglect of legal aid: Low pay scale driving criminal lawyers away, with dire consequences for entire justice system
August 04, 2009. Tracey Tyler, LEGAL AFFAIRS REPORTER
A former Superior Court judge known for his law-and-order proclivities has blasted the Ontario government for its continuing “neglect” of the province’s legal aid plan, warning that continuing down the same path will do irreversible damage to the justice system.
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Ontario Human Rights Commission puts its bias on display
NationalPost.com – Opinions/FullComment – Ontario Human Rights Commission puts its bias on display
Posted: July 31, 2009. Lorne Gunter
As if more proof were needed of how out-of-control Canada’s human-rights commissions have become, and what a threat they pose to impartial justice, along comes the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal’s ruling last month against Michael Shaw, a white Toronto police officer.
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Atleo sets an example for Indian education reform
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Atleo sets an example for Indian education reform: The challenge is how to lift on-reserve learning and outcomes
Jul. 28, 2009. Jeffrey Simpson
Shawn Atleo, the new head of the Assembly of First Nations, made improvement in Indian education one of his campaign priorities.
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Time for CEOs to pay the piper
TheStar.com – Business – Time for CEOs to pay the piper: Public outrage over ‘obscene’ corporate compensation deals spurring calls for reform
July 26, 2009. David Olive
It wasn’t the U.S. government’s $173 billion (U.S.) bailout of American International Group Inc. (AIG), whose insurance coverage of losses on global banks’ holdings of soured U.S. subprime mortgages made it “too big to fail,” that was cause for public outrage.
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Canada’s recession a he-cession, says new CCPA report
policyalternatives.ca – Press Release – Canada’s recession a he-cession, says new CCPA report
July 25, 2009
OTTAWA—Prime working age men are bearing the brunt of Canada’s recession, says a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
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