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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Judge rips lawyers over excessive fees
November 3, 2008. KIRK MAKIN
An Ontario judge has blasted the legal profession for running up excessive, unjustified bills that cause the ruination of ordinary people.
Ruling on a long-running matrimonial case, Mr. Justice Donald S. Ferguson of the Ontario Superior Court said it illustrated much of what ails the court system – foolishly litigious clients and gouging lawyers and experts.
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – Province’s deal a ‘wrong’ righted: But Ontario’s slow take-back of costs falls short
November 01, 2008. Rob Ferguson, Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau
The prayers of cash-strapped cities and towns have been answered – in part.
Ontario signed an agreement with 445 municipalities yesterday to pick up gradually the $1.5 billion annual tab for welfare and court security by 2018.
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
TheStar.com – GTA – Welfare raise leaves cheque at 1988 levels
November 01, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
When Phill Hozer opens his December welfare cheque, he’ll get an extra $5 to spend on basic needs including food, clothing, phone and transportation.
The extra $7 he’ll get for shelter will go directly toward his subsidized apartment in Parkdale.
Twenty years after a provincial task force recommended major increases to welfare, Ontario’s most destitute residents are finally seeing the money, or at least some of it.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
TheStar.com – opinion – TheStar.com – Opinion – Miserly reward for those who wait
October 31, 2008. Carol Goar
Patience may be a virtue in morality tales, bear markets and homes with teenagers, but in the fight against poverty, it is usually a mistake.
Governments can always find a reason that those in need should wait: a budgetary deficit, a campaign commitment that must be kept, an unforeseen call on the public purse, a lack of proper benchmarks and indicators.
But the longer the poor wait, the greater the likelihood the cupboard will be bare when it is their turn.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
NationalPost.com – opinion/editorial – Herouxville wins: And that’s a good thing
Published: Friday, October 31, 2008
So it becomes official: The tiny town of Herouxville has won the great argument over “reasonable accommodation” of immigrants to Quebec.
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion – Taking charge of the future: This country depends more on what happens in our schools than what happens in our banks
October 31, 2008. Annie Kidder
What is the role of schools in creating the Canada we want?
It’s time to start thinking about what kind of country we want to live in.
That was the message of a forum this week sponsored by the Canadian Education Association and People for Education.
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
NationalPost.com – Opinion – Faulty federal math hurts reserve schools
Published: Thursday, October 30, 2008. John Ivison
OTTAWA -Prime Minister Stephen Harper said during the election campaign that the most serious problem this country will face going forward is a shortage of skilled labour. As the global financial crisis bites, and thousands are thrown out of work, he might be reassessing that statement.
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion – Rocky road for the disabled: 10 years after landmark resolution in Legislature disabled Ontarians still face too many barriers
October 29, 2008. David Lepofsky
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – Activists call for poverty plan to become law
October 27, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Premier Dalton McGuinty’s promised plan to cut poverty should become law to ensure Queen’s Park remains focused on the problem, activists say.
The law, they say, should include a citizen’s advisory committee and annual reporting so the public can monitor the government’s progress.
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – Anti-poverty plans still on track: Children’s minister tells activists Ontario strategy, due for year-end release, ‘remains a high priority’
October 28, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Ontario’s souring economy has not slowed provincial plans to release a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy by year’s end and to start work on it immediately, Children’s Minister Deb Matthews said yesterday.
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